CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 To sponsor limited company isn’t new for Virginia supplier (11) 9 Pointed a gun nervously

left and right at first (7) 10 Pal kept busy encouraging discussion (3,4) 11 Everyone takes in

this broadcast (3) 12 Read out ‘On the

Beach’ typo (7) 13 Get on in Victoria during

persistent rainstorm (7) 14 Pursue leader of

waddling ducks (3) 15 Numberless Muslims return, creating space (5) 17 Like dewlaps, for example, around fronts of two Guernseys (5) 18 Seize with ease (5) 20 Mike entertains journalist and doctor (5) 22 Tease member (3) 24 Barbecue topside of beef and more nuts, ignoring starter (7) 25 What’s hidden in sumac? A queasy treedweller (7) 26 Decorate rocks (3) 27 A profuse lilac contains potassium perhaps rich in sodium (7) 28 Quiet song and dance during Christmas almost all over (7) 29 Sort of neat stalker

in the US? (11)

DOWN

1 One’s well-balanced, mean, wielding real power over king (9,6) 2 Country put up with our

lot drinking litres (7) 3 Sort of pink fuel’s

about right (5) 4 Work with newspapers and their boss, treated harshly (9) 5 This writer’s favourite

American drive (7) 6 Meeting place in London

and sea area tally (9,6) 7 Soap producer’s

unbelievable old wife (6) 8 Broadcaster inspiring pub’s revealing kind of dip (6) 16 Miners line took in Heath, based on figures (9) 18 We arrived shortly after

British viewer online (6) 19 One of three deliveries allowed after journey (7) 21 A cubic centimetre hole

damaged part of ear (7) 23 Extra twice cheers (3-3) 25 Greek island fruits don’t

have a name (5)