Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Ed left numbed, flummoxed, in

confused state (12)

8 Stick at game, introducing

copper in Dorset town (4,3)

9 What forms oval cone, having

released energy? (7)

11 Meet again and put units

together another time (10)

12 Vital information passed to children over in Montenegro (4)

14 Giving lessons out randomly

in Herts town … (8)

16 … and one in North Yorkshire

that’s calm (6)

17 Campers use this to tease (3)

19 Notice son in NI party? Makes

sense (4,2)

21 Like racing car, accelerated

round old university (6,2)

24 Uncertain, Jack’s taken off

second (4)

25 Pilot grouses about strike,

showing false contempt (4,6)

27 Cuban revolutionary cuts

friend — with this? (7)

28 U.S. author who’s leaving

homeowners in distress (7)

29 Come off it! End crazy sequence of knock-ons (6,6)

DOWN

1 Cheerful British worker comforts solver who’s given up (7)

2 Opinionated lot go for cup, stupidly boxing you and me (5,5)

3 I’m up in Reading, working

miles away (8)

4 Delightful old viscount captured by court painter (6)

5 Spy digger (4)

6 Those closest to me are in

retreat (7)

7 Small pious ceremony occurs at Mass? That’s one belief (12)

10 Finished sitting behind old

flame, showing too much (12)

13 Ocean releases, say, what’s in

fishmonger’s store? (4,6)

15 Short fellow participates in

Augusta (3)

18 Take plane over carrying

loose euros for No. 1? (8)

20 In effect, some spot cafe

director coming back (2,5)

22 Down payment is raised in

warehouse (7)

23 In Spanish dance local shout

stops sibling (6)

26 Where to buy cheese and salad Elizabeth consumes? (4)