LATERAL THINKING: CRYPTIC

Use the cryptic clues to solve this crossword with a twist.

ACROSS

1. One vehicle from America for winged youth (6)

5. Careless smack with style (8) 8. Romantic illumination can delight, they say (11)

10. That bloke recited aloud a sacred song (3)

12. Replayed tape made in plant by river (8)

14. Toils hard and saves around fifty (6)

15. Bag for jacket and trousers provided before legal proceedings (8)

17. All the same level this way (4,2) 18. Cover against loss of speech in shore (6)

20. They are expected to make the cut (8)

22. Shake up Master Brook (6) 23. Two fools at home with murderer (8)

25. Twist arm of wool producer (3) 26. Previously carried off cousin

that’s separated by a generation (4-7)

28. 150 eastern men see why we need mercy (8)

29. Imbue in circuit breaker (6)

DOWN

2. Loire castle has some mocha. Tea? Unlikely! (7) 3. Partridge loses part of sharp crest (5)

4. A litigious woman? (3) 5. Starting with imposition. Neatly deceive, lie even (7) 6. Four-legged family member is pretty odd! (3)

7. Splinters organ aboard steamship (7)

9. Speaker hissed Eric’s uncontrollable laughter (9) 11. Hens organised relays (6) 13. Orders mad Ernest to find skilled workers (9)

16. I was told to pay for hairpiece (6) 19. Girl’s sport shows actual profit by bouncer (7)

20. It’s grand when Mr Stallone goes around London gallery (7)

21. Dear sir, please transfer corporate spoilers (7) 24. Scorn shown when you eat quickly (5) 26. “Nothing,” the French and Spanish cry (3) 27. Executive management initiated record label (1,1,1)