CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Continue by the level of a building to act as only speaker (4,3,5)

8. Coarse silk, sort Sue crumpled (7)

9. Duck and a different one carrying marks in pale brown (7)

11. PA with peer rearranged informational document (5,5)

12. Filter provided in street (4)

14. A good plaything in case of restless cats (8)

16. Foreign currency, second worthless sort around rear of bank (6)

17. Body of water recalled in Asia, essentially (3)

19. Outdo former expert, not a journalist (6)

21. Diminish bad news for hikers? (5,3)

24. Feature of a yacht, we hear, in commercial transaction (4)

25. Where liners travel, operating in period of heavy bookings (4,6)

27. Sister retains more than sufficient piece of embroidery (7)

28. Victor troubled a lot, say, after turn in pressure (7)

29. Older poster replaced around front of grand part of college (7,5)

Down

1. Entertaining old English singer after last of bunch (7)

2. Examined appearance by European overlooking Kent port (6,4)

3. It’s alone wild stuff requiring clipping? (8)

4. Stewart, maybe, stuck in river from the south gradually got weaker (6)

5. Reluctant group facing hotel (4)

6. Old boy and priest taken with sides of stark stone monument (7)

7. Members of a crew sadly stress a Swede (12)

10. Possibly filing letter showing small digit (6,6)

13. Withered rope firstly I’ve found with two lines in garden building (10)

15. Over half of argument prepared (3)

18. A challenger touring Switzerland regarding historical records? (8)

20. See doctor in confined space shortly in Asian capital (7)

22. Scribbled notes about silver visible to an audience? (2-5)

23. Faithfully represent something drivers need to use? (6)

26. Ugly sight in drab lottery (4)