CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

8 Vehicle takes European students to vault (6) 9 Felon caught edge and broke nail (8) 10 Sport to be had at corrupt party (8) 11 The best riders gather pace (6) 12 Toast prepared for animal (5) 13 Temperature that can be caught (4) 14 Run away – it sounds like it bites! (4) 16 Somehow claimed to be working in tens (7) 18 Some smoke can cause annoyance (7) 20 Ring round for a smile (4) 21 Forced air into a colour, say (4) 22 Loops can come undone on sailing boat (5) 25 Term is used out of respect (6) 27 Went forward at a late stage (8) 28 Non-unionist poet has a case (8) 29 Uncle Vernon is not entirely smart (6)

DOWN

1 Quibbler panted desperately (6) 2 Withdrawal of a fib by people (10) 3 The complaint had worsened, by the sound of it (5) 4 Small demand to work to get seafood (7) 5 Insets did work for rebel (9) 6 For every one inside wharf (4) 7 Send slab to improve lack of cover (8) 14 One not employed to liberate cavalryman (10) 15 Brian took a really big axe, intially, to become a brute (9) 17 Point a recipe out – it’s on the phone (8) 19 Looks for way to end letter (7) 23 Cricketer useful in the kitchen (6) 24 Remove during the victory (5) 26 Objection to returning a bit of brass (4)