CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pretend hoarding gold is strange (7) 9 Querulous and demanding talent up for modelling (8) 10 Allowance from crown included in dispatch (7) 11 Feature of country walks by the walls of Broadmoor (8) 12 A way of working on board ship before a tasty snack (6) 13 Sorry, but left the last word with board (10) 15 Honour head of transport in charge (4) 16 Acknowledge developing regions outside European community (9) 21 Note from doctor following case of malpractice (4) 22 Disreputable individual’s defender crossing line with followers (5,5) 24 Attack man-hours wasted with no degree (6) 25 Vision certainly found in rowing crew (8) 27 Mad Blairite with no time for an African republic (7) 28 EEC’s changes applied to fossil fuel blend (8)

29 Fish cooked with gin (7)

DOWN

2 Exposed peer given hearing and banned (8) 3 Boss’s tactic adopted by engineers turning up (8) 4 Pleasing changes covering account for over-the-top pubs (3,7) 5 Lawyers accept direction from stand (4) 6 Married twice in case at law conference (6) 7 Left party in street to get a jumper (7) 8 Sat awkwardly with cast hidden away (7) 11 Please stay (2,2,5) 14 Fix European digital coverage (4,6) 17 Excitedly greet men coming out (8) 18 Something left out from old assignment (8) 19 Sailor wanting change of scene will be notable by this (7) 20 Arrived with artist bearing television equipment (7) 23 Criminal fined after king is stabbed (6) 26 Writer’s shed losing roof (4)