LATERAL THINKING: CRYPTIC

Use the cryptic clues to solve this crossword with a twist.

ACROSS

1. Business association at spouse’s joint (11)

6. Leaves half a meadow (3)

8. Artist’s model is an easy catch (6)

9. Regal caste Jim disturbed (8)

11. Deeply worried about dog in sea (8)

12. Surrender again and fall back (6)

13. Remove completely from camera sequence (5)

15. Mr Gibson offensive but tuneful (9)

17. Actors sent apish, wild (9)

19. To sum up: put lid back on bottle! (5)

21. Watch out for Spooner’s wee bear! (6)

23. The chance needed to explore for minerals (8)

26. Raised roadway to make core sway apparently (8)

27. Steal cattle with surprising result (6)

28. Peculiar, sordid even? No, quite the opposite (3)

29. Important for you to sign if I can’t (11)

DOWN

1. Make the grade and mature on the way through (7)

2. Logical reason to limit beer? (9)

3. Naive to disguise birthmarks (5)

4. How tax lost a little weight, leading to fraud (4)

5. False claimant before builder’s quote (9)

6. Turner writes same article in French and English (5)

7. Her cars crash into quivering men? (7)

10. 1,000 on Earl Grey’s side (4)

14. Overseas salesmen used to be luggage attendants (9)

16. Her co-star managed a band (9)

17. Smoker leaves to go with backward cab company (7)

18. Ira’s back-to-front Indian dress (4)

20. Understanding ward occupant (7)

22. Combat injury concealed by two underneath (5)

24. Mideast native has last German car (5)

25. Phoned about Gran (4)