CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A pair of swallows with nothing between them (4,3,4) 9 Find entrance during umpteenth rally (7) 10 Coach retracting message’s hidden meaning (7) 11 Very cold water in precipice, going to and fro (3) 12 Roots in ground, twisting (7) 13 Continue to cause trouble (5,2) 14 At odd intervals reveal slippery character (3) 15 Two companies with one hot drink (5) 17 After refurbishment, Louvre loses rare seed capsule (5) 18 University head claiming chapter’s not abridged (5) 20 Turn over more expensive object (5) 22 Launch withdrawn (3) 24 Divine old northerner embraces socialist (7) 25 C of E member ignores clubs belonging to old invaders (7) 26 Pull advertisement with no introduction (3) 27 150 hosted by foreign queen relax (7) 28 Placed in routine, jumper may win this (7) 29 Counter assistant’s special drinks for each boy (11)

DOWN

1 Inaccurate lens’s no good for geology and biology, say (7,8) 2 Constant help sent over to support vehicle for heart patient (7) 3 Falling out of bounds, exhausted (3,2) 4 What religious vandals do, plundering Red Sea etc (9) 5 Collar this writer climbing over obstacle (7) 6 Stay calm: instruction to goal-scorers? (4,4,5,2) 7 Innocent remark about bosom (6) 8 View function in singular church (6) 16 Titled woman welcomes large legion (9) 18 Anger sustains Unionist politician and judge (6) 19 Minor court case involving quartet (7) 21 I had put up visitors without top-class résumés (7) 23 Rodney goes astray over there (6) 25 Engineer eager to reach a settlement (5)