Friday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Plain-speaking. 10 Virtu. 11 Brilliant. 12 Reanimate. 13 Shard. 14 Upshot. 15 Pilchard. 19 Estimate. 21 Cereal. 24 Syria. 26 Lie fallow. 27 Kama sutra. 28 Error. 29 First offender.

Down: 2 Lariats. 3 In uniform. 4 Subway. 5 Epidemic. 6 Kilns. 7 Niagara. 8 Overture. 9 Stud. 16 Caesarean. 17 Delaware. 18 Stiletto. 20 Thrombi. 22 Enlarge. 2 Behalf. 24 Sikh. 25 Asses.