Last week’s Cryptic

Solution next week

ACROSS

1. Dreadful, pointless horse rides ( 6 )

4. Greek poet rings headmaster in student’s base ( 8 )

10. Playoff loss after Fiona missed hoop ( 5 )

11. Looters deface our currency. Queen with scratched head ( 9 )

12. Explorer smart to ignore border policeman? Left in handcuffs! (5,4)

14. Water company began emailing various invoices and nagging ( 5 )

15. All the ways a chap might get The Saturday Paper here ( 9 )

18. Cross railway after peeling mango ( 5 )

19. Request seafood around 1 ( 5 )

20. Transport for injured yogi? ( 9 )

22. Troll openly urinated in NSW river ( 5 )

23. Let camels out! They’re locked up together ( 9 )

25. Priceless tomatoes? ( 9 )

26. Sweep couple out of bedroom ( 5 )

28. Games with no seats available for oddly smelly hooligans (4-4)

29. Reworked Hendrix trends now and then ( 6 )

DOWN

1. Oscar-winning actor looked into reach of FM antennas ( 7 )

2. Exercised in quarantine centre ( 3 )

3. Extremely interesting toilet in this house ( 5 )

5. Hugs bouncer, “Bye!” ( 5 )

6. Former rideshare worker is cheerful ( 9 )

7. First frame of the film Drive? (7,4)

8. Trade old ladies on rugby sides ( 7 )

9. Authorises eastern politician to take owners out north ( 8 )

13. Conflict upset friend getting Iranian currency for crude substance (3,8)

16. Animal farm had hill so leaders took off ( 9 )

17. Determined to lose wheels, we hear? ( 8 )

19. Traps carbon with innovative sachet ( 7 )

21. User back on drug carried on ( 7 )

23. Starts charging lawyers operating under the influence ( 5 )

24. Circulated bits of propaganda by mail. I’m sorry (2,3)

27. Frequently ring female model ( 3 )