CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Colourful fruit dessert comes with batter often (5,6)

9. Bright student Mark cramming in short break (7)

10. German dog in leading trio of terriers making loud noise (7)

11. Royal couple go wrong (3)

12. Anger about working gold deposit yielding different metal (4,3)

13. Sinister ring in sumo wrestling (7)

14. Not entirely satisfactory sticky stuff (3)

15. It’s used to secure victory in the Borders (5)

17. Submit return on investment (5)

18. Bar measure to do with hearing quietly introduced (5)

20. There’s no point withdrawing aid for climber (5)

22. Meat producer helping in brewery (3)

24. Party at manor arranged for janitor (7)

25. Hammers nails, bringing in hot water at first (7)

26. Swindle eastern venison supplier (3)

27. Stan abandons Asian country and its currency (7)

28. Bumped into devout European eating a pastry dish (4,3)

29. Hugh lost set badly, paying no attention (11)

Down

1. Faculty of philosophy’s collective view? (6,2,7)

2. Pole working in Brussels beginning to test fish (7)

3. The number on the left is about to be inserted in article (5)

4. Outgoing type, nomad in former times (9)

5. Shame about gold carat shortage (7)

6. Big dishes made from oilseed rape Scot cultivated (5,10)

7. Like top man making enquiries (6)

8. Did censor regularly spend a long time at the front? (6)

16. Writer’s conclusion about power in store (9)

18. Actor Gary’s dad (3,3)

19. Firm accepts blame, having broken harpsichord (7)

21. 1970s rock music that’s requested in salon? (3,4)

23. Moveable feast typical of the Orient? Not quite (6)

25. Lure English politician into heart of battle (5)