CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
No 16,715 WIN £500
ACROSS
1 Hard-working American threesome enter Asian river (11) 9 Bend an inch, wriggling to remove shackles (7) 10 Get excited about radical jockey’s support (7) 11 Occasionally source valuable metal deposit (3) 12 Flooded home abandoned, as are some letters (7) 13 Lash favourite dog (7) 14 Hairstyle’s central part back-combed (3) 15 European actor needs training (5) 17 Dapper non-drinker appears in old negative (5) 18 Big noise captivated by Semitic languages (5) 20 Light neckwear formerly put on horse (5) 22 Twice daily withdraw English books (3) 24 Pitman arranged one percussion section (7) 25 Virginia’s in underwear party showing off (7) 26 Set cricket side the wrong way round (3) 27 This singer gets over disapproving sound from audience (7) 28 Having cover, I nursed strays (7) 29 Mistakenly chop holly left and right to reveal its pigment (11)
DOWN
1 It includes manic changes in themed bars (10,5) 2 Extreme racist harassed Democrat in the lead (7) 3 Clerical assembly absorbed in controversy, no doubt (5) 4 Perfume sprayed on body or sweater possibly (4-5) 5 View old part of wing (7) 6 What musketeer had to do? Make do with minimum available (6,3,6) 7 Northbound coach covering most of Bury’s residential area (6) 8 Small crackers with pimples (6) 16 In the main, it stabilises Open University cause (9) 18 Memorable start to Cowes – yacht foundered (6) 19 German students welcome a group of agents in Arctic (7) 21 Pick up occasionally scary rumour (7) 23 Spy cases large European fair (6) 25 Black flaccid balloon (5)
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