crYPTic crossword

ACROSS

1 Where to learn to help cynic

after training? (11) 9 See bachelor in valley inspiring affection (7) 10 Some prefer ruler’s support

for tip (7) 11 Elusive little fellow primarily

(3) 12 Yarn supplied b least satisfactory journalist (7) 13 Noble, unusually elated,

receives kiss (7) 14 Occasionally greasy fish (3) 15 Bone perhaps left in fried

rice (5) 17 Stone exit added to rear of

villa (5) 18 Ambassador placed back in a

state (3,2) 20 Dorothy controls former disc

store (5) 22 Secret agent employs tracking device (3) 24 Fatty Arbuckle originally

posed with one, wobbling (7) 25 Pirate has twisted pipes (7) 26 Belgian town leads to special

protection area (3) 27 Point mike at a suspect (4,3) 28 Ordinary article found in

house (7) 29 Some believe this fine new

decree needs adjusting (6,5)

DOWN

1 In dire need, very skint, crept

off with nothing (7-8) 2 Throw rest away as seafood

(7) 3 Duke goes after quaint material (5) 4 Old females in church rejected

puce demitasse (6,3) 5 Five enter magical Narnia to

find paradise (7) 6 Order cold mature trial to be

judged by army (5-10) 7 Black look from German hiding depression (6) 8 Sewer bug (6) 16 Sam and Daniel tormented

philanderer (6,3) 18 Stop hospital hiding theatre’s

ultimate condition (6) 19 Mundane flawed comic

operas come off (7) 21 Walk over rickety counter (7) 23 Joke about Anglo- Saxon

bishop and chatterbox (6) 25 Such a vocation involves

chaos (5)