CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Crowd help poor individual to

steal current device (6, 5) 9 Chum very nearly inspires a

song and dance (7) 10 Inventor of jet engine let

loose after holiday (7) 11 I’m surprised nerd isn’t finished (3) 12 Block firm overturning evidence about director (7) 13 What did ruler do? Spilt gin in

grass (7) 14 Tips of plant, the camellia (3) 15 Animal fur is cut (5) 17 Very short river flowing west

in Big Apple (5) 18 Put foot down about vicepresident hoarding uranium (3, 2) 20 Prevent commercial director

leaving (5) 22 Fellow features in books,

frequently in poems (3) 24 Sly old foreign secretary accepts union for America (7) 25 I double over during exercises, getting praise (7) 26 Watch cup with ball in it (3) 27 Ready in Madrid once to put

in vegetables (7) 28 English couple bags Irish

land in Gulf (7) 29 Leader pages displayed U.S.

emblem (6, 5)

DOWN

1 Has ITV masculine plays for

such sexist types? (4, 11) 2 Five caribou run out, dispersing camp (7) 3 How to describe some globular gentlemen? (5) 4 In which we drop dizzily at one

velocity to earth? (5, 4) 5 It makes you cry, accepting

sanctimonious view (7) 6 Anne fiddled with lie detector,

producing pact (7, 8) 7 Decide to quit solicitor after

work (3, 3) 8 Extremely lethal (6) 16 Adults swallow a single compound for pain relief (9) 18 Way to achieve international

gym behind playground (6) 19 Constable’s one means of

securing craft (7) 21 Doing business, run up stylish

garment top (7) 23 For a laugh, wife abandons

networking service (6) 25 Aerobics the night before are

annoying (5)