CROSSWORD

Roger Squires No. 3,433

ACROSS

1 Party policy won’t be one’s

main interest (8) 5 Temple ornament I’d made

wrongly (6) 9 Military informant shows

initiative (8) 10 Somehow lost on points – or

was robbed? (6) 12 Residue of burning some

trees (5) 13 Bears arms when involved in

trouble (9) 14 Crackpots get a hundred

lines (6) 16 He cuts inside the fold (7) 19 Declared a number were

incorrect (7) 21 Sounds coming from fold or

stable (6) 23 Coastline irregular in parts (9) 25 Deposit a jacket and hood (5) 26 End of statement is, in spirit,

a platitude (6) 27 Is this provided just for

dippers and divers? (4-4) 28 A round heavy-bodied port

(6) 29 Do we turn switch to produce

current? Yes (8)

DOWN

1 Funny thing, it’s way above

what is the best (6) 2 Fire and unload (9) 3 Praises the upper house in

speech (5) 4 The nub is that uncle is out to

get us (7) 6 Put earth over the seed, say –

then pray! (9) 7 Girl was poorly brought up (5) 8 Service makes small cars go

(8) 11 Flows back tidily (4) 15 A bloomer he made, being

too fond of his image (9) 17 Slow worker causing delay

(9) 18 Raised voice in row on river

(8) 20 Accomplished fellow with a

certain bearing (4) 21 A large number put charge

on account (7) 22 Chews a sort of nut (6) 24 Vessel is said to be sailing (5) 25 Chaplain making home with

soldiers (5)