CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Time to copy wind instrument? This machine should help (4,8)

8. Butcher can vote for a piece of Brazil (7)

9. What a selfish tourist takes? (3,4)

11. Lots know this old writer’s on Crete, working

(4,6)

12. Butter’s hard? I’m surprised about that (4)

14. Teacher’s English coin of old gold (8)

16. Snow leopard pursues prey primarily in spring (6)

17. Food price evens out (3) 19. One who has view beside river? (6)

21. Intimidate quiet small youth nervous about

college (5,3)

24. Wader tucked into Gari baldi biscuit (4) 25. Covenanter condemned breach (10)

27. Lad runs round track without taking a breather (7)

28. Puzzles that sort the

wheat from the chaff ? (7) 29. Surgery distressing Yankee mothers etc — the

end of fertility (12)

Down

1. Fancy auto tours square without independent cover (7)

2. Badly- run events go thus, like conferences? (4- 6) 3. Swedes perhaps source whip (4,4)

4. Shrewd Conservative party on the rise (6)

5. Jolly soldiers erected cross (4)

6. Make money importing article made of clay (7) 7. Old person’s gone off wearing funny raincoat (12)

10. For example, he is now on edge (7,5)

13. Risky dog somehow follows bird with big bill around hotel (5-3-2) 15. Grave inscription causing tear (3)

18. Obscure coteries break up (8)

20. The old dispute victories by a Tory ultimately (7) 22. Laminate remaining old song (7)

23. Cricketer’s headgear (6) 26. Occasionally forfeit guitar part (4)