FRIDAY CROSSWORD

Across

1 Quickly appear fashionable (4,6) 6 Talk in second-class facility (4) 9 How one should build flat-pack furniture – and get it upstairs? (4-2-4) 10 Small Faces, briefly, could be arrogant (4) 12 Tempt cricketer to take single (4) 13 Share a French article in principle (9) 15 Light quality’s somewhat fair, in essence (8) 16 Outdo someone gambling (6) 18 Reach volunteers aboard a vessel (6) 20 Temporary accommodation left covered by one member (8) 23 Rebellious pair hated segregation (9) 24 Cut meat? (4) 26 Performer’s gloomy broadcast, according to some (4) 27 Place bet in error after account’s deemed satisfactory (10) 28 Flee ultimately strange old character (4) 29 Deliberated dressing team in Conservative red! (10)

Down

1 Fine to leave rich drunk (4) 2 Write song after love outside (4-3) 3 Prove aunt is best at dancing (12) 4 Sailor’s scheme to save time is hard to understand (8 5 Rather attractive (6) 7 Criticise gentle person sat around (7) 8 Generous description of unambiguous? (3-7) 11 Tame doc meditates after working (12) 14 Monster leaves having eaten bloke with Queen (10) 17 Unnecessary bad feeling on ship (8) 19 Novel I daren’t exchange (5-2) 21 Hit gear (7) 22 Sticky stuff seen in novel crop (6) 25 Fuel price finally dropped (4)