CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A specialist is expected, initially, to show proficiency (9) 6 Is quite 13 across, one left top university with detectives (5) 9 Can make good returns from economic forecasters, we’re told (7) 10 Show generosity to the crew of a titanic liner (7) 11 Pour scorn on food, commonly ... (5) 12 ... and set, in turn, to grow some health foods (9) 13 It’s still quite understandable, to be sure (5) 14 Is in another place; certainly not here (9) 17 Have smaller sample to try, but it is still improper (9) 19 Misses out old US institute on Sunday (5) 21 Start to lean over, in order to make things 13 across (9) 24 Drive one away, when 15 down from school (5) 26 It can be quite shocking to be in troubled times (7) 27 Some medics take an oil-producing plant to dealers (7) 28 The last great lake can be quite uncanny (5) 29 Speeches may suit courtship, in places (9)

DOWN

1 Present to view the great majority of small trade fairs (5) 2 Intend to put forward time for an engagement (7) 3 Control the police, but will give them added strength (9) 4 In 22 down, about to be deceitful (9) 5 A standing ovation for a celebrity on show (5) 6 Did girl turn out to have a fictitious disease (5) 7 Scrub an empty surface in order to purify it (7) 8 Unfortunately, a little girl’s daisies were flops (9) 13 Give yourself very little time to chop meat thinly (3,2,4) 15 Forced to hang about if made to stop work foratime(9) 16 Was the entire auction just for trade buyers (9) 18 Broadcast arranged for star, etc (7) 20 Declaration by a reporter is meant to cut a dash (7) 22 Transgression by an engineer in the past (5) 23 Locate a stadium in a square, naturally (5) 25 Endures for a long time, at the end, starting soon (5)