DOUBLE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Advanced learners must understate form ( 6,8) 10 English course for a Celt ( 5)

11 Nonconformist Lutheran clergy’s bound to be heavenly ( 9)

12 One turn exploded an atomic component ( 7) 13 Drag around dance parties ( 7)

14 Pass the hat around at noon for a siesta ( 6)

16 Olde Arno moved a Florentine artist ( 8) 19 Overcame common feature of speech defect but lisped badly ( 8)

21 Slight commotion in unlit circles over The Origin of Species ( 6)

24 Mortify the flesh to end up in racing condition ( 7) 25 Bird overseas makes a victim ( 7)

27 Most tacky ceilings constructed with central heating ( 9)

28 Fires rifles ( 5)

29 How chess players face one another is affecting everyone ( 6,3,5)

DOWN

2 Make a written report a century before nobleman ( 7) 3 Say what is true, or false, about a talking head ( 5) 4 Horsy one of five among eggheads ( 6)

5 Panicky settlers are found under tables ( 8)

6 Musketeer may shoot a great grandmother ( 9) 7 Failure to free me from pheromone dispersal ( 2- 5) 8 Fashion house for animals outside lane ( 5)

9 Shellfish made crab an example at the end ( 8)

15 At first, autumn and spring raise the sweetness of vegetables ( 9)

17 Stubs toe, sadly where it’s most pointless ( 8)

18 Controls the queen before the East End put her back inside ( 8)

20 A relief in parts that are greener ( 7)

22 Cursed a shonky second hand vehicle ( 4,3) 23 Suffered vertigo without head and neck condition ( 6) 24 Company repeats a late night drink ( 5)

26 Mexican capital took the lead in tomato sauce ( 5)