CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Tormented addict ends mile or race of similar length ( 6,8)

10 Sally ready to embrace East German ( 7)

11 East European used tan Italian dish ( 7)

12 Extra wait fails to produce harbour transport ( 5,4) 13 Confess to sinking millions into mine shaft ( 5) 14 Empty sanctuary needs expressions of consent for church meetings ( 6)

16 Help return book and cite difficulties with a medical condition ( 8)

19 Serve notice in the smoker’s patch ( 8)

20 Please arouse if crashed out ( 6)

23 Message at the bottom end of speech ( 5) 25 Justified conflict daren’t resolve ( 9)

27 Great result, thanks to boat races ( 7)

28 Forced a hole to almost staunch blood vessel ( 5,2) 29 Station lads sin dreadfully with Jersey and Guernsey ( 7,7)

DOWN

2 Contribution from one misdirected punt ( 5) 3 Record tired attempt to damage the reputation ( 9) 4 Poor seamen in medical procedures ( 6)

5 Little devil allowed to be understood ( 8)

6 Abandoned lust over a city in America ( 5) 7 Grandmother on remote control within a very short distance ( 9)

8 Flexible unit in jumping castle ( 7)

9 Credit possesses old money ( 6)

15 Crashed car again, around bend in the country ( 9)

17 Dance off with a snob’s eggs ( 5,4)

18 Harsh winter weather created flaws on line ( 8) 19 Related to digits in nice rum cocktail ( 7)

21 Nitpicker puts journalist in a huff ( 6)

22 Secretly encounters crack on streets ( 6) 24 Raised a little GermanItalian, in church languge ( 5) 26 End of bent grass in the Scottish border ( 5)