CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Go searching for time (6)4 Historic city bus in LA meandering around town’s west end (8)

9 A hole in California government centre (7)

11 Legal hurdle uncovered by morning (3,4)

12 Lid atop chicken (5)

13 Outlaw daylight saving time along with music venue (9)

14 Jeer maudlin, too contrived romance (5,3,6)

18 Head of theatre cast Ethel Waters in tragicomedy (3,7,4)

22 Author of Lincoln objective about gun I had (4,5)

24 Drive Ford model into tract of heather (5)

26 Six, quite sunburned, shielded from the sun (7)

27 Run back, smack into tungsten (7)

28 Superficial type involved in leak (4,4)

29 Tolkien baddie obscured showy plant (6)

DOWN

1 Queen, e.g., fear AC/DC playing (4,4)

2 Tear apart letter’s last one small seal (3,2)

3 Became fascinated by colour in viscous stuff (3,4)

5 Vaccine pioneer wrong about a bee (5)

6 Early internet enterprise packaging “Love

Spray” (7)

7 Brownie, for one team member, arrived wearing undergarment (3,6)

8 Innocent defence by a Greek character (6)

10 Country lane winding around front of barn close by (7)

15 Ham airs broadcast greeting spiritual leader (9)

16 Average guy eager to start in position near the bottom (3,4)

17 Dirty petition covered with frost (8)

19 United about state, thought twice (7)

20 Like new mail wrapped with tag for a knight (7)

21 Savage ruined succulent plants (6)

23 Venetian magistrate framing the head of dead duck (5)

25 Religious text to cheer (5)