CRYP TIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Put briefly, tot gets angry when about to get out of bed (10) 6 Ruler in Bundestag hated (4) 9 Demanding supervisor marks
a test unreasonably (10) 10 Simply fair (4) 12 Before long minister
will disown leader (4) 13 Board backing state?
That can be avoided (9) 15 Judgement of City is one accepted by academic (8) 16 Church stands against endless avarice in country (6) 18 A market suffering setback — you finally admitted emotional shock (6) 20 Place from which to look out to sea as one who leads country (8) 23 Obscure journalist admits
trick in formal practice (9) 24 Cold joint and a bit
of fried potato (4) 26 Period house to the
west of ancient city (4) 27 Sixteen, we deduce,
in sturdy vehicle (4-2-4) 28 Way female poet
has expunged line (4) 29 Female going to match travels
with mother in advance (10)
DOWN 1 Beastly home of crossword compiler a third demolished (4) 2 Like a lodge, with mum in
charge protecting her boy (7) 3 Rebuke hot men involved
with mad sin (12) 4 Available numbers turning up, pursuing home on the waves (2,6) 5 See, in Devon, old
tree crashing (6) 7 Good to discover the truth about beef (7) 8 Prepared to be plundering supply of cash? (2,3,5) 11 Lady protects terrible old creatures (12) 14 Newspaper office changed in this period? (10) 17 Put off and fed up, having made mistake (8) 19 Version of story that bank may offer (7) 21 Unknown character about to enter a drowned valley somewhere in USA (7) 22 Energy very reduced — I work, then start to unwind, right? (6) 25 Poke gently with stick (4)