CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: NO. 28,724

Across

1 Form of slap dance in outdoor scene (9) 9 Destroy version of Bible in fit of anger (6) 10 Female Conservative taking particular position (9) 11 Army officer engaging a second person to make plan (6) 12 Long-distance traveller turns to AA when in trouble (9) 13 Move forward with father’s boy (4,2) 17 Was first to get replacement for tungsten lamp? (3) 19 Vet, it is apparent, abused those paying for healthcare (7,8) 20 Mug in desert, one getting lost (3) 21 Consequence of university learner getting external support (6) 25 Good person ‘it ‘ard showed signs of nervousness maybe? (9) 26 Tried, having cheated in the past (3,1,2) 27 The last thing you expect to see in the dark? (4,5) 28 Helmet – it’s not this being worn by one knight (3,3) 29 A time to hold party with sailors and soldiers getting decoration (9)

Down

2 Stir when little river goes into a great river (6) 3 Wish of French father (6) 4 At least eight rods providing restrictions (6) 5 Member of tribe given river job, character that communicates colourfully? (7,8) 6 Important Indian women arranging a man’s hair (9) 7 Worrying about nothing, our lot having aball (9) 8 Dining not good in officers’ room – quality lacking in vegetables (9) 14 Tiles in a teashop, broken, top of roof having fallen in (5,4) 15 Protester in Norfolk town I injure with punch? (9) 16 PM to phone Turkish leader before start of negotiations (9) 17 On stage (3) 18 Fish that’s terrible being served up (3) 22 Walker heading off, one moving at a slow pace (6) 23 A ‘person of spirit’ not going to extremes (6) 24 Female bird in Spooner’s male enclosure (6)