The Cryptic

ACROSS

1. Girls left bums in New York ( 6 )

5. Man from Dubrovnik in dirty raincoat ( 8 )

9. Boats wrecked, a long time – deliberate damage ( 8 )

10. Aim, pitch, achieve ( 6 )

11. Postmaster takes charge of cricket and netball (4,6)

13. Worker with English stake ( 4 )

14. Horse farm turned to dust ( 4 )

15. One’s to become a snoop (4,6)

18. Making flounces on skirts or harvesting shellfish? (10)

20. Listen, take a break from feet ( 4 )

21. Queen in charge of Clapton ( 4 )

23. Sweet condiment – serve a cup, please (5,5)

25. Mark sailor with beetle ( 6 )

26. Practise with funeral vehicle ( 8 )

28. Knocks over north or south co-ordinates ( 8 )

29. Hate to abort the trial ( 6 )

DOWN

2. Late panic developed, a stimulant to the nervous system ( 9 )

3. Broke in and stashed around 1000 ( 7 )

4. Little Eastern Australian ocean ( 3 )

5. Cold king, but lucid ( 5 )

6. Unstable ego. leading to blunt corner (6,5)

7. Rent a party – bring in a storm! ( 7 )

8. Rep offers time over territory ( 5 )

12. Pustulent disease around, also wild boars – it contains all the troubles of the world! (8,3)

16. Italian? Yes, over $1000 for winter footwear ( 3 )

17. Every different direction for acting groups for electronic bulletins! ( 9 )

19. Green fodder for unstable eagle, we’re told ( 7 )

20. Rural serf, a worker, follows vegetables ( 7 )

22. Discussion of broken digit on right-hand page ( 5 )

24. Bits of backstrap ( 5 )

27. Concealed hot instinct ( 3 )