Crossword

Across

8 Thus Caesar addressed the Queen of the Nile, breaking apart from her true name! (4) 9 Not a yarn King Midas spun to name this fancy-free Roman ... (4,6) 10 ...without a leg to stand on? (8) 11/12 A tried and trusted principle for Roman emperors to have on hand? (4,2,5) 12 See 11A 13 Some so-called divine road to godliness was this one’s... (4) 15 ...wont to destroy the city centre. (4) 18 Reducing expenses? Tut! Set Scotch & Gin out of order! (7,3,5) 20 In the third month it was when Caesar got stuck on the wrong side! (4) 21 See 26D 22 Shouldn’t the Three Musketeers really be four? One has to reveal himself! (5) 25 See 23D 27 Net floating back inside harbours: signs of concern to sailors. (8) 28 Laid-back liaisons can lead to such severe losses. (10) 29 First person on a Scottish island. (4)

Down

1 Gotta be Dracula’s dog! (10) 2 Here’s a drum to go with the 12th... (3-3) 3 Orange warning? (5) 4 Times gone by come from longer assessment. (4) 5 There’s more horsepower now to a Victorian taxi! (9) 6 Call this a weapon? says she for real, before putting her foot in it, the heel! (8) 7 Two prepositions make one for primary teachers to join. (4) 14 A holler, what’s more, to hear it repeat before picking up paper on a city street. (5) 16 How in heaven can this forever be? That is the quest... (7,3) 17 A second guess, perhaps, for how fast it comes to pass? (9) 19 What is pleasing to one’s senses is not to the tongue. (8) 23/25A TV or not TV, we refer to this cinematically. (3,3,6) 24 Going down in the undergrowth is the last you’ll see of the fox. (5) 26/21A Applaud such a deception? In a word, hogwash! (8) 27 Get a grip about one holier than thou. (4)