Crossword 29,337

Across

1 Singer inspired by Mozart, an Israeli looking back (7)

5 Sharp look, as redundancies made (4,3)

9 Parent with gun, awfully offensive (9)

10 Moderate king touring US city (5)

11 Inept earl admitting baron initially more competent (5)

12 Something to grease palm sugar, say? (9)

13 Every one going back and forth, the race frantic around house (4,5)

16 Country wintry, by the sound of it (5)

17 A fruity beauty? (5)

18 Is gripping crime Japanese, perhaps? (9)

20 To penetrate concrete, picks up drill (9)

23 Transport mechanism’s principal emblem (5)

25 Corner Belfast revolutionary (5) 26 Given further coaching, kept bagging runs (9)

27 Double-dealing gets around trading place quickly (7)

28 Very anxious, seeing cut in wages (7)

Down

1 Top expert on the water? (7)

2 Country friend from

Tyneside? (5)

3 Something like a butterfly fluttering right to me (5,4)

4 Gather before noon on a ship (5)

5 Church leader in captivity had later converted (9)

6 Bird in water gently rising (5)

7 Waste cleaned in plant (9)

8 Ash perhaps stealing a kiss, female duty abandoned (3-4) 14 Dance where man drops foot three times? (3-3-3)

15 A setter of some style? (9)

16 Criminal’s art promoted in force (9)

17 Father calls for the shaved off bits (7)

19 Speak about renovation of dome in the future, perhaps? (7)

21 A fellow negotiator (5)

22 Tulip cultivated – as bulb may be? (3,2)

24 Note that’s refreshing (5)