GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

(27,945) ACROSS

1 America’s first couple on aircraft discarded material (6) 4 Kind of desk disreputable female just needs time to shift (4-3) 9 Provided with assistance, having shaped up the dole (6,3) 10,26 It parallels Number Ten — as its occupants do in today’s solutions (5,5) 11 More confident as litigant, suppressing resistance (5) 12 Like some music or, perhaps after initial cuts, like some poetry (9) 13 Write backing melody for final movement of suite (7) 15 Clean house again (6) 17 Predecessor of 1 down on both sides of the pond (6) 19 Like position of moderate, as shown in recent rally (7) 22 Muscle 19 down turned to right (9) 24 Some propagandist not operating in good faith? (5) 26 See 10 27 Article Cameron edited, consuming one kind of coffee (9) 28 Phrase otherwise concerning Washington, for example (7) 29 Not conversant with name for a mathematician and physicist (6)

DOWN

1 Playwright, for audience, author of meaningful work? (7) 2 Thatcher’s rival, so-called? Leading rebel (5) 3 GOP argues falsely they break people down (3,6) 4 After briefly not working, a head is in school again (7) 5 First or last name, or character of Oxford writer (5) 6 Driver may change into this kind of party clothing (5,4) 7 Knight, say, capturing rook to make a breakthrough (6) 8 Astronomer has star confused with

this star, oddly (6) 14 Sets about Republican involved with

hard copies (9) 16 Reds fan, perhaps, I help when

distressed after 1-0 upset (9) 18 No Trump action about WMD

material? He’s crazy (7) 19 Driver of one vehicle or another over

short period (6) 20 Line in column on Northern or Eastern

city (7) 21 Top man in legendary dining circle (6) 23 Bring up a time and a place for

spectacle (5) 25 Allow wild speech supporting head of

government (5)