CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Where fliers are moved around? (6,5) 9 Crabby sort, Yankee who’s in tears often (7) 10 Wearing uniform, one replacing a foil (7) 11 Cheek, or somewhere not far away (3) 12 Person with no faith in former Caribbean leader (7) 13 Dirty nut next to utility vehicle (7) 14 Old king’s expression of disapproval (3) 15 In Northern Ireland notice the pits (5) 17 Nymph Diana educated (5) 18 Shepherd’s first to try to do what shepherds do annually (5) 20 Function with tissue (5) 22 Very little time these days (3) 24 Credit cards endure in image (7) 25 Superior nurse nursing cold? That’s weird (7) 26 Officer secures old fortune (3) 27 Spanish gentleman, one happy to be back in head office (7) 28 Exploit is in vain without force at the front (7) 29 He went to work with a rare type of pottery (11)

DOWN

1 Astute old fellows with the stock lose it (3,3,3,6) 2 African staff organised clothing (7) 3 Blissful time, usually divine if partly recalled (5) 4 Triumph over more stylish dog wrangler? (7-2) 5 Look into City female’s rank (7) 6 Like difficult confinement with no help from machinery? (6-9) 7 Text brief epitaph accepted by special court (6) 8 Go to a nurse after start of treatment (6) 16 Alluring person unwilling to recruit Catholic cleaner (9) 18 Old poet ensnared by WhatsApp hoaxer (6) 19 Dog good at catching vermin traps large snake (7) 21 One voucher found in Washington and Kansas city (7) 23 Lie here maybe topless in heart of sand dune (3,3) 25 Complete change of policy stripping future navy (1-4)