CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Robbers secure loco (12) 8 Zulu’s heading off at night to wail with grief (7) 9 Upstart’s standard place for event not complete (7) 11 Gifted child with foreign articles, generous (10) 12 Give up broadcast on radio (4) 14 A king put in dodgy offers for dodgy profits (4-4) 16 Shred faulty parachutes, releasing cash (4,2) 17 Primarily farm unusual rabbits for this (3) 19 Obstructs first of broad sections of canal (6) 21 Joyful rhythm provided by disco occasionally (8) 24 One regularly ruins information technology (4) 25 Unable to pick up signal coming from mountains (3,2,5) 27 Chauffeur’s job? Going down to collect king (7) 28 Frozen feature church installed during one autumn (7) 29 Assorted dungarees get lumped together (12)

DOWN

1 Putin’s disputed Kazakhstan’s first satellite (7) 2 Celebrity is successful collecting rare skeletons (10) 3 Russian playwright caught tick (5,3) 4 Add a very quiet finale (6) 5 Spin doctor, British, resident in eastern Turkey (4) 6 Game for some European monarch supporting evil doer (3,4) 7 Sailing away for adventure training course (7,5) 10 Navy required in July start to leave without warning (12) 13 Predict session on English books will show improvement (10) 15 Replacement boat (3) 18 Lying about being a model (8) 20 View tear-jerker about private investigator (7) 22 Low-lying area following part of UK German ignored (7) 23 Turn over newspaper, pet — it’s offensive (6) 26 Dutch writer’s sleazy bar (4)