The Cryptic

ACROSS

1. Politician, Bishop and Judge used loopholes if electing leaders (5)

4. Wedding speaker’s VIP tirade (9)

9. Peek at reworked pornos with no rating (5)

10. Spectators atop throne – king and queen’s (9)

11. The French ship oxygen to the Poles for schoolwork (7)

12. Painful to grasp article? Take that! (2,5)

13. Close finals of badminton made arena shudder (4)

15. Lights joint then headmaster raids (8)

18. Encountered Edward not at home and gave rations (5,3)

20. They emptied post office and misplaced letter? (4)

22. Sports car should fang without fail (7)

24. Supercar accidentally misses turn – it takes some paint off (7)

26. Lead singer breathes in and starts entertaining Sri Lankan people (9)

27. Visa violated when carrying 50 medicine bottles (5)

28. Met wanker vandalising Brisbane suburb (9)

29. Woody patch of horticultural lentils (5)

DOWN

1. Stalin lost acceleration in run, vying for position (8)

2. Brisbane team’s fanbase entered ground backwards (5)

3. Hire them casually with tactic (6)

4. Angry western lord defaced my work! (9)

5. Airbeds start leaking if laid on spikes (5)

6. Creative sisters and little brother sent off (7)

7. Eagle’s sly trick of slowing down time? (9)

8. Steak’s other alternate flavour (5)

14. Hardly used Swan Motel microwave (6,3)

16. Buses left damaged at Byron Bay event (9)

17. Rise mostly to interrupt idiot ex-pm (8)

19. Joyful sound as corrupt Ballarat leader ousted (3-2-2)

21. Never-ending trip through irrelevant things (6)

22. Tradesperson with mask on to avoid potassium (5)

23. Language nerd accepts interpreter, finally (5)

25. Discuss stitch for necklace feature (5)