WEEKEND CROSSWORD

Across

1 Condiment perfect for flavouring (10) 7 Important-sounding landing-place (4) 9 Have insufficient aspiration for dance (3) 10 Bitter container? (4,6) 11 Steak and drink one penny (4) 12 Going by air, we hear, across the water with no snags (5,7) 15 Twelve-inch edition covered costs (6) 17 Weird quality at all times in letter (8) 18 Finished skilful effort with movement going higher (8) 20 Tale about oriental floor (6) 21 Apostle’s joint doctrine (12) 24 Facility backed consuming European meat (4) 26 A parliamentarian and Scottish footballer with debts leading two lives (10) 27 Liable to have a pint (3) 28 Reportedly jams infernal river (4) 29 More commonsense about egghead not belonging (10)

Down

2 Pitcher, more modern one losing its top (4) 3 Fairy, sadly inadequate, losing aspiration walking about (11) 4 Impresario James consumed some alcohol (5) 5 Forceful in the past (7) 6 Uterus has been removed from book (9) 7 Initially an English football team or could be two teams in Scotland (1,1,1) 8 It reminds a stranger to officiate (10) 13 Linden with droop replaced saxifrage (6,5) 14 Said to be right number to praise (10) 16 Pedlar too struggling to find householder’s name on it (4-5) 19 Peyotes damaging rudimentary organ (3-4) 22 In Shanghai, fancied another port (5) 23 Codeword used in communication by Bantu warrior (4) 25 Careless, having inexperienced driver with tool in America (3)