CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Totally captivate first of tourists with fantastic Tom’s bakery (4,2,5)

9. Shorten a game involving rubbers (7)

10. Curiously, debunk a quality of cakes at an early stage? (7)

11. Divided economy (3)

12. Forceful film director Howard touring island hospital (7)

13. Teacher in authority prepared a listening device (7)

14. Female swan’s enclosure (3)

15. Posh avenue in Georgia has tropical fruit (5)

17. Object with bird occupying drive (5)

18. Part of path ostensibly for Greek mountain (5)

20. Actor Alan in a

Republican family (5)

22. No longer fresh cricket side (3)

24. Improve religious education by small amount (7)

25. Scattering of leg bits or innards of a chicken (7)

26. See first person in audience (3)

27. Fact we processed about tense activist Millicent (7)

28. Large smear in special den for otters (7)

29. Dull curios repositioned by yard in an absurd fashion (11)

Down

1. Doctor with lot there now has to admit defeat (5,2,3,5)

2. Teasing child with daughter in front of guests (7)

3. Tree in part of a seaside resort, we hear (5)

4. Bridge player with protection from rain in London borough (9)

5. Agreed like a set of executives? (2,5)

6. What those who manage part of a week for a person do to supply a fine experience? (4,8,3)

7. Frenchman has a push creatively to make mixed musical track (4-2)

8. Senior media type tried to work around first of October (6)

16. A course with name turning up lacking in interest? (9)

18. Democrat enters a disagreement being wide of the mark? (6)

19. Cook due seat describing some potatoes? (7)

21. New minor criticisms without question for small bits of food (7)

23. Support former runner Brendan (6)

25. Good company selling oil gets paint mixture (5)