DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Assume rolling maul was put in place (8)

5 Copper found beside a common grave, for example (6) 10 Going backwards when a free rein is given to poetry (2,7) 11 Fanatical band leader taking part in surprise attack (5) 12 Open-ended American responsibility (4)

13 Hold used on admiral when soaked? (4,6)

15 Hard work ethic in the computer industry? (2-4)

16 Jazz fans hitting bad patches (7)

19 Very difficult to stop heading to the hills in panic (7) 20 Academic guide for the fool (6)

22 Achieved dominance without a person like Alexander the Great (10)

24 Hero who turned back rodents (4)

26 Vendetta ends after his turning to God (5)

27 Western country having a close encounter with a guru? (9)

28 Tickle when partially asleep (6)

29 Ran outside on the street, naked (8)

DOWN

1 End of the cask made swine into drunkard (6)

2 Animal up in alarm is jumpy (9)

3 Rock that flows up into sea valley (4)

4 An expensive way to pay for a bull ring’s traditional position? (7,3,4)

6 Write to inaccurate scorer over a body of water (10) 7 Baldheaded among the Australian birds get on board (5)

8 Insisted on changing order (8) 9 Experience the effects of beer and be short of money (4,3,7)

14 Working as a publican while in prison? (6,4)

17 Stunned as we crash lorry (9) 18 Green light to accidentally bump shut (6,2)

21 Rich do cultivate this flower (6)

23 Carpet crowned head and skin (5)

25 Instrumental in dwindling Anglo-Boer relations (4)