CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No 16,840

ACROSS

1 Carpeting covers a very strong temporary framework (11)

9 Fund Poles blocking track (7)

10 A drunk’s about to eat a little Mexican pancake (7)

11 Insect ejecting odd bits of walnut (3)

12 Large retail complex makes error in text (7)

13 Foodie’s online image lacking heart? (7)

14 Crew commenced in the middle (3)

15 Drove quickly westwards, ejecting black discharge (5)

17 Pay tribute to each officer obtaining cross (5)

18 Fake uniform found in wetlands (5)

20 Horrible thing in the dark (5)

22 Regularly repair organ (3)

24 Discard line left over in advert (4,3)

25 Doctor liaises in European region (7)

26 The Spanish start to keep big deer (3)

27 Arab leaders picked up rocks (7)

28 The latest thing’s unwisely given out unfinished (2,5)

29 Tropical sickness could make you feel very low (6,5)

DOWN

1 Filming right inside ship’s kitchen’s fair game (8,7)

2 Confident when taken to court about origin of report (7)

3 Wild time among leaders of far left (5)

4 Young animals irritate careless person in U.S. (9)

5 Motivate trendy father to keep quiet (7)

6 Engineer urged natural gas as ingredient of cakes etc (10,5)

7 A run-down part of town hides unknown refuge (6)

8 Regret strike by English theatre (6)

16 Display old policy document (9)

18 Avoid heart operation (6)

19 Len’s OK swimming across river? This may help (7)

21 Clean up fourth ME city (3,4)

23 Use lots of paper and ruler making pipe cleaner (6)

25 Slalom maybe with fellows requires craft (5)