CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 After church, Mildred arranged to hire trendy nanny (11) 9 Head of Tate, say, is demoted, producing bad reaction (7) 10 Quirky comedian wastes energy travelling around (7) 11 Arab king’s original zoo? (3) 12 Expert upsets poor worker (3,4) 13 Record poem about one’s part in serial (7) 14 Low satellite with no name (3) 15 Secure reversal of roles (5) 17 Film about European geese in flight (5) 18 Object with more expensive finish (3,2) 20 Savage Roundhead protected by metals (5) 22 Bird’s leg bone missing both ends (3) 24 Irish accepting new party sanction (7) 25 Bound to delete abrupt transition between scenes (4,3) 26 Main southeastern area (3) 27 Bad-tempered sheep worried — six must be brought in (7) 28 It’s used when operating laptop in various places (7) 29 Unprompted, comic puts on a nose (11)

DOWN

1 Callous indifference is a feature of reptiles (4-11) 2 Latest routes making progress (7) 3 Wood nymph boring a cedar’s heart (5) 4 Publican offers board and lodging in private (9) 5 Five hundred swim with it at sea, the fools! (7) 6 Big dishes of oilseed rape Scot cultivated (5,10) 7 Organised function with Mike that’s unplanned (6) 8 Sieve loose stones at bottom of mountain (6) 16 Report furore involving meat (5,4) 18 Release former English politician on time (6) 19 Left in charge of old covered entrance (7) 21 Posh doctor in Lagos curtailed backache (7) 23 Endless, like some stories (6) 25 Mythical sailor, at the outset just a lad (5)