cryptic crossword

Yesterday’s solution ACROSS:

1 Misapprehend. 8 Windsor. 9 Decorum. 11 Surrealist. 12 Foot. 14 Brand-new. 16 Ticker. 17 Leg. 19 Casino. 21 By the way. 24 Leek. 25 Basketball. 27 Retract. 28 Ageless. 29 Ecclesiastes.

DOWN:

1 Minorca. 2 Suspending. 3 Parallel. 4 Radish. 5 Hock. 6 Norfolk. 7 Swashbuckler. 10 Motorcyclist. 13 High Street. 15 Web. 18 Gymkhana. 20 Sceptic. 22 Whalers. 23 Cactus. 26 Bawl.

ACROSS

6 Enquiry into health of parent and relations? (4,4,6) 9 Cavalryman ignores old intimidating woman (6) 10 Lower houses (8) 11 Leaflet could be crucial to rector (8) 13 Protect home? Definitely! (6) 15 Pressurise business to ban males (6) 17 Policemen try seizing stick (6) 19 Transport meant somehow to carry duo primarily (6) 20 Hardy companion almost polished off top prizewinner (8) 22 Good boy with no-frills violin blossoms (8) 24 Spanish flog sensational story (6) 26 Smart set develop elitist leaning (14)

DOWN

1 Clean guy pursues story, nothing about film star (7,7) 2 Grasp end of carpet and rug (4) 3 Husband many irritated with large songbook (6) 4 Pale old females with bizarre European (3-5) 5 Do some engraving and other things by end of March (4) 7 Open a Parisian city (6) 8 Bush says: ‘Gosh! He’s a trusty old MP’ (5,9) 12 I believe that autograph of director of ‘The Third Man’? (5) 14 Some pursued English shoemaker? (5) 16 Often, business at best employs 2,000 (8) 18 Fellow telling tall tales in plane (6) 21 Wildebeest climbs over local star, neglected (6) 23 Food Dáil eats regularly (4) 25 Go on at the end (4)