Double Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Lead through embattled sector (6) 5 Badger and other burrowers by the front of tunnel (6) 9 Opening some chain letters (5) 10 Emigrant moved elsewhere, originally to start a new life (9) 12 Turning away a work of fiction by the state (10) 13 History of stripping and showing off biceps (4) 15 Bother to publish (3,3) 16 Missile's trajectory made airborne soldier lob a bomb (8) 18 Firing shot around the sides of trailer and beneath one (5,3) 20 Called around six, out of his mind (6) 23 Ringer made from end of wire stuck inside can (4) 24 Bit of music to make the house shake (10) 26 Fellow accepted heated denial from clock maker in the field (9) 27 Original conifers and original trees (5) 28 Angular at the front and rigid at the back (6) 29 Part beneath and at the rear of seafront (6)

DOWN

2 Lane-cutting drunk was the only one playing (7) 3 Natural cog shape is eightsided (10) 4 Legless and small leotards (6) 5 Detract from spread to contain alternative flavouring (8) 6 Retreat as Omani capital rose (4) 7 Mock puddle, not quite finished off by cleaner (7) 8 Let down as dip switch indicated (12) 11 Recalculated each green tax at current cash price (8,4) 14 Baked good after Indian piece on street child (10) 17 Some Russian influence in Serbia (8) 19 Soul mates as the last day at work closes (7) 21 How poets write upside down (7) 22 Climbers in the middle of Italian ascent (6) 25 Listen to the audience at this point (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: - 1 Crackpot. 6 Emmy. 9 Pass out. 10 Literal. 12 Neat. 13 Veneration. 15 Abeyance. 16 Rental. 18 Dollar. 20 Flourish. 23 Instigator. 24 Flea. 28 Hotline. 27 Apricot. 28 Zoom. 29 Thoughts.

Down: - 2 Roseate. 3 Clot. 4 Patience. 5 Tiller. 6 Extraneous. 7 Marxist. 8 Open sandwich. 11 Lonely hearts. 14 Fanaticism. 17 El Dorado. 19 Lesotho. 21 Illicit. 22 Patent. 25 Brag.