CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Frank cancels this job, given a long time to pack (7,5) 8 Comparatively spacious or more spread out, I admitted (7) 9 Pickpocket’s bit of good fortune in drinking vessel? (3,4) 11 Identify comic drinking French wine, like demonstrators? (4-6) 12 Old 17 rejected
writer (4) 14 I ate crab at sea, the source of my indigestion? (8) 16 Smart south coast
resort not operating (6) 17 Tease member
in vault (3) 19 Summon home very
fine European (6) 21 Lots of records here, somewhat set back on stand (8) 24 Well-ventilated cheese plant maybe, top missing (4) 25 In the desert they disrupt stray nomad’s rests, sapping energy (10) 27 Learned river turns
back on rough tide (7) 28 Light tea ordered for
recent arrival (7) 29 Thirty-nine books summarised in ‘The Heart of Midlothian’ (3,9)
DOWN
1 Humdrum genus of roses kept in still (7) 2 The remains of
the drink? (10) 3 Cheers Unionist about upset in broadcast (2,6) 4 Increase income finally by ten old pence (6) 5 Note a rare drop
of liquid (4) 6 Gathering seventy
regularly in China (7) 7 To speed up construction, a carpet fibre should be woven (12) 10 Marshal sent in former U.S. pioneers (12) 13 17s meet in this British coastal town, not centre of Bury (10) 15 Notice about
current support (3) 18 Group female
neckwear (8) 20 Version of reality rapidly spreading around you in Paris (7) 22 Level section, including Bishop Street (7) 23 Press photographers surround First Lady (6) 26 Juliet left it
outside dump (4)