cryptic crossword

Yesterday’s solution ACROSS:

1 Fait accompli.

8 Look-see. 9 Play-off. 11 Intangible. 12 Jowl. 14 Euphoria. 16 Wintry. 17 Flu. 19 Assets. 21 Plateful. 24 Info. 25 Wire-haired. 27 Nursery. 28 Imitate. 29 Intemperance.

DOWN:

1 Front up. 2 Ins and outs. 3 Aperitif. 4 Cupola. 5 Mean. 6 Lookout. 7 Alliteration. 10 Fully fledged. 13 Filtration. 15 Alp. 18 Ulterior. 20 Saffron. 22 Furnace. 23 Tidy up. 26 Mere.

ACROSS

6 Long-lost relative ploughs the

land near isle (11,3)

9 It takes seconds to apply this

in corner (3,3)

10 Battered blue car breaks

writer’s fruit plant (8)

11 Almost suspect fool’s old

Spanish coin (8)

13 Start to organise web diary’s

belting new shape (6)

15 Irritating person is missing

fine graduation (6)

17 U.S. agents come back carrying Cruise type of bomb (6)

19 Iron bar retracted a lid (6)

20 Ace Irish doctor works for

relief missions (8)

22 Made changes to camp,

perhaps (8)

24 Deep red strand (6)

26 Staples found in Sandwich

(5,3,6)

DOWN

1 Missing curate found on ground hugging catholic (11,3)

2 Occasionally, Blair’s book

makes cutting remark (4)

3 A golf international gets into

trouble for playing slowly (6)

4 Relax — I’ll get in touch somehow (5,3)

5 Enlisted every other character

instead (4)

7 Send back chap with overdraft? (6)

8 Panel supports broadcasting

trophy for press maybe (6,8)

12 Well done! Charlie comes

next (5)

14 Primate breaks rule governing Mass (5)

16 Applaud role that’s going

belly-up? Nonsense (8)

18 Frank’s auxiliaries (6)

21 Lodger in New York reported

talk … (6)

23 … and others using some

walkie talkies (2,2)

25 Judge engaged in religious

education cases (4)