CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 My PC RAM’s loose, giving

problem with digits (7,5) 8 Acquired country house associated with NI party (5,2) 9 Knock over beautiful woman,

endless social climber (7) 11 To doctor, contents of kidney

are grave signs (10) 12 Bird originally kept inside

with islanders (4) 14 Support hotel with protest (8) 16 Fiddle’s gifted after it’s

repaired (6) 17 Communist Party leaders

hug old policeman (3) 19 Incomplete work nearly all

performed by singers (6) 21 Canvasser Bill employs

students (8) 24 I live with cross goat (4) 25 Two score victories over

Kelvin in nap (5,5) 27 Rubbish initially binned in

service station (7) 28 Excellent gallery film used in

presentation (7) 29 It’s clear tsunami ruined cabbage around Beachy Head (12)

DOWN

1 Regularly like meal inside with

a northern player (7) 2 Heavy-duty experiment to

support large current (10) 3 Exhilarated English choir managed to keep up (8) 4 Music group that must remain

to tackle record (6) 5 Extra red? Not all of it (4) 6 Peg’s over in China for a conference (7) 7 Random job of inspector

examining acne? (4-8) 10 Apathetic coach enters boring team (12) 13 Plant tree with Basil, for

example (10) 15 Prune tops of larch, oak and

pine (3) 18 Petty Officer and NT contributor cancel mail (8) 20 Two terms at Lord’s exceed

allotted time (7) 22 Agent worried about operating capacity of ship (7) 23 He’s not intoxicated, I swear

(6) 26 Somalia defends another

African nation (4)

Yesterday’s solution (15,708) ACROSS:

1 Comment. 5 Coward. 9 Hangups. 10 Needful. 11 Ova. 12 Crystal sets. 13 Skive. 14 Panama hat. 16 Cacophony. 17 Torso. 19 Irish coffee. 22 Ohm. 23 Lie-down. 24 Auroras. 26 Newbie. 27 Kippers.

DOWN:

1 Cahoots. 2 Mandarin Chinese. 3 Emu. 4 Tasty. 5 Constancy. 6 Wheel. 7 Refresher course. 8 Closet. 12 Cheap. 14 Pronounce. 15 Motte. 16 Chilli. 18 Osmosis. 20 H-bomb. 21 Frank. 25 Rip.