CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Vertebrae keeping you reportedly horizontal (6) 4 Cheers holding in extravagant rolling rear (8)

9 Deny detective’s private (6) 10 Clash pressing sweetheart about sink (8)

11 Twisting a lever to lift (8) 13 Psalm spoken by Church (6) 15 Special tonic pacifies condition (13)

18 View daring nudes, not dancing, removing nothing! (13) 22 Hard part’s admitting addict’s head for addictions (6) 24 Labour’s opening with brilliant tax cut (8)

26 Lesson of love in practice following you French (8) 27 Case ignores hip position (6) 28 Really sharpens ends of tool facing yard (8) 29 Pressure put on to get stuffed! (6)

DOWN

1 Wet turf covers hole (6) 2 Group’s on speed, occasionally crazy (9)

3 Deny going round women’s prison (7)

5 One is out of shape lacking force (4)

6 Pain in mouth cut windpipe (7) 7 One European sacked from job as health worker (5)

8 Pure polyester lingerie clothes (8)

12 Old private detective consumed narcotic (6)

14 Colour of Queen one’s turned over (6)

16 Stuck at home reading novel (9) 17 Teachers incubate bird (8) 19 Counters and equipment found in laboratory (7)

20 Top ten single Queen’s penned promoted stillness (7) 21 Stage conclusion for story (6)

23 Club giving order for man facing bowler? (5)

25 Criminal upset getting old inside prison (4)