CROSSWORD No.1181

ACROSS

1 High-speed airman’s apparel (1-4)

4 Cotton garments (1-6) 9 Now, the present (5,4) 10 Deserve, warrant (5) 11 Bring on, give rise to (6) 12 Leaf tea utensil (8)

13 Big county (6)

15 Food additives (1,7)

18 Guff, balderdash (8) 19 Ancient Chinese system of divination (1,5)

21 Minor celebrities (1-7) 23 Graphic, explicit (1-5) 26 Narrow-waisted skirt broadening to the hem (1-4) 27 Reloading dodgy firework? (9)

28 Item of underwear (1-6) 29 Crop, harvest (5)

DOWN

1 Thong-like garment (1-6)

2 Feature of toilet (1-4) 3 Incisive, emphatic (9) 4 Metal piece, type of ski-lift (1-3)

5 Irresolute, unsure (8) 6 Latin American ballroom dance (5)

7 Celebrated wildlife park in Tanzania (9)

8 Sudden reversals (1-5) 14 Handicap, burden (9) 16 A Beatle (9)

17 Aromatic herb (8)

18 Driver of an old horse-drawn vehicle (6)

20 Manna, windfall (7) 22 Belonging to them (5) 24 Succulent steak (1-4)

25 Greek god of love (4)