ALAN LEE’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO. 462

Across

1 Scout was bad, open to change, then good. (5,6)

9 ‘40s film hero turned villain. (5) 10 Thor under the hammer? Please! No! (3,6)

11 Expert examiner who objects. (9)

12 Yeast scattered so far. (2,3) 13 and 14 Old pair in Bell Canada

left out and dismissed. (4,3,4) 19 and 20 At eight and nine, thirty

and forty seems forever. (4,3,4) 24 Undo composer. (5)

26 Dense premier returns with

flour. (9)

27 Sports fields have good free

clubs. (9)

28 Indicated articles from the

senate. (5)

29 Work o’er the grass? (6,5)

Down

1 Digging into a Mexican buffalo wing? (9)

2 Left me in river by stone monument. (6) 3 Say! They fought in darker times. (6)

4 Rode around circus giving instructions. (8) 5 Bomber climbed, solo yet happy. (5,3)

6 Solicit in foyer. (5) 7 Harass bird with some grain. (7)

8 It’s to eat or dance on. (1,4)

15 Produces funny green ends. (9)

16 Devout composer lets fortune teller keep son. (8)

17 It’s an opening. Say it isn’t. (8)

18 Pursued wrongly and seized falsely. (7)

21 Snobbish person’s quiet dresses. (5)

22 Theatre critic and his servant, part. (6)

23 Has Kate Smith hidden sportswear? (6) 25 Contending in the navy in gunnery. (5)