CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Spider for one alarming West Sussex town, so I’m told (6-6) 8 Risk inflation? Henry leaves to risk it again, perhaps? (7) 9 Start to try a blend of cereal and syrup (7) 11 Queen set to reverse into bay, one of five arrivals (10) 12 Woman’s entertaining one who succeeds (4) 14 One way to get the message across in Pinter comedy (8) 16 Scrape kettle (6) 17 Primarily black or white knot (3) 19 Attempt to catch swallow in Deal (6) 21 Send out carriage, coming back not fully occupied (4-4) 24 China left out? That’s handy (4) 25 Seasonal deliveryman can assault criminal (5,5) 27 Harry Green, journalist, broke his promise (7) 28 Crazy pub star (7) 29 Deceitful detective’s information thrown in Serpentine (12)

DOWN

1 Check film about English person selling drugs (7) 2 German prince and Greek character upset voters (10) 3 Accommodate patient man’s devious scheme (3-2,3) 4 Caught, say, sailing ship (6) 5 Coped without servant at first, very old (4) 6 Stand to read line before recent broadcast (7) 7 Peruvian invader quits dancing with a local bird outside (12) 10 Reg erases ROM by mistake, so this appears? (5,7) 13 Heading off, alert Monaco resort — this one? (5,5) 15 Originally make old place cleaner (3) 18 Refuse to go there with beast on the loose at home (5,3) 20 European fellows target one revered Arab (7) 22 It’s about short girl, oblique type (7) 23 Lovelorn good friend brought up pet (6) 26 Fruit, unattractively green, less inviting at first (4)