CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Extra dishes will offer this bit of salad (6) 4 Europeans only half like a saint surprisingly (8) 10 Fish provided by a chap, the only supplier (4,5) 11 Corpulent American gangster causing death (5) 12 Bread is thrown out for e.g. gull (7) 13 Maybe listener’s one hanging on (7) 14 Ancient Edmund, behold, making a comeback (5) 15 People eating informally may have such famous people (8) 18 Worked in musical show with Irish father on TV? (8) 20 Philosopher sounding secure (5) 23 Performer taking part is terrific? Not entirely (7) 25 Regret having to abandon river — no flipping fish! (7) 26 Drink brings audible sounds of disapproval (5) 27 Starts to think zanily, being into crazy Chinese philosopher (9) 28 Put down at this number! (8) 29 Deserter captured by American soldiers gets free (6)

DOWN

1 Bit of circuitry deteriorates and is to be pulled up — engineers to the fore! (8) 2 Of the French learners sitting on a road one is not very bright (7) 3 Trader about to set up south of Paddington, say? (9) 5 Perpetual student may be proceeding thus as much as possible (2,3,3,6) 6 Prisoner — one going down for strangling female? (5) 7 Like beginning of the journey on a horse perhaps (7) 8 Fodder is served up with endless drink (6) 9 Joint operation of obeisance (7,3,4) 16 Farm animal, sleepy type in tractor (9) 17 Possibly an anorexic quality seen in a queen wearing not so much (8) 19 One’s answer here will be criticised (3,4) 21 Result of naval economies? It’s a bit hairy! (4,3) 22 Copy a component of the periodic table (6) 24 Fish was out-of-date seemingly (5)