CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Dollars, for example, had prevalence over rupees (4,8) 8. Amateur learns to play in football team (7) 9. Trouble worries Rupert Bear at first (7) 11. Release mother, children and brothers in lodge (10) 12. Papa unwell? Give him this (4) 14. He can’t remember funny names, even bits of finance (8) 16. Flag famous Quaker down at regular intervals (6) 17. Hull’s school of dolphins (3) 19. Constable’s example of 1 Across? (6) 21. Invest pound in fruit to get lead in your pencil (8) 24. Block small room for experiments (4) 25. Southern sea seemed controversial source of oil (6,4) 27. Start song in this type of concert? (4-3) 28. Working with her, this warship could be a freighter (7) 29. Polaris guru? (7,5)

Down

1. Former celeb in Hawaii observed hosting bishop (3-4) 2. He manages circus star ring me doing acrobatics (10) 3. Officer’s doze broken by initially damp icy weather (4,4) 4. Regret dealing with writer and playwright finally (6) 5. 1 Across contributes to 23 Down (4) 6. Warning: sale about to be promoted to top position (7) 7. Swiss 1 Across appears in poor casinos in US city (3,9) 10. Healthy food regime for tightrope walker? (8,4) 13. Baffling homework given up on law in government (10) 15. General Officer Com manding spins wheel (3) 18. Nasty unfeeling fellow, uni student, grabs Rector (8) 20. Flatten out leaves in rice dish I tucked into (7) 22. Current demand involves number that’s not correct (7) 23. Nerve cell, given time, becomes tiny particle (6) 26. Poet’s lacklustre, on reflection (4)