CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Ted’s lab, rebuilt with room for contents of vessels... (11)

9. ...folded – claim against him! (7)

10. Doctor admitting large ring’s pleasing on the ear (7)

11. Contest doesn’t end as expected (3)

12. Minister’s home, taking iron out of dining room (7)

13. More flexible provider bypasses India (7)

14. Avoid dispensing with soft footwear in Alps? (3)

15. Perhaps count gold coin once (5)

17. English lad collects new wood (5)

18. Hammer first bit of gold into this? (5)

20. Large newspaper article’s

flexible (5)

22. They regularly get a drink (3)

24. Pirate captain has broken pipes in Morocco maybe (7)

25. Reduce papers editor backed at the start (7)

26. First woman to participate in thievery (3)

27. What farmer did in autumn? Exploited opportunity (4,3)

28. Foreign coin found in vase reveals mythical beast (7)

29. Taken back, he leaves here under a spell (11)

Down

1. What might make peach wig blonder? (9,6)

2. Unfashionable old vessel accommodates couple (7)

3. Father to join in DIY? Not I! (5)

4. Somehow these emit record of hours worked (4,5)

5. The shape of various pills swallowed by Europeans? (7)

6. Moderate place for white line? (6-2-3-4)

7. A rope’s complicated shows in Covent Garden (6)

8. Old mariner’s complaint, initially sick with waves (6)

16. Buy and sell nuts with best unwrapped sweets (5-4)

18. Bury Mike in shade outside (6)

19. A poet’s wandering around harbour cafe (7)

21. Eastern politician draws old bottles (7)

23. Missing worker catches stock disease (6)

25. Two tie at Wimbledon (5)