CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Supervised candidates reforming a living and diet (11)

9. Apprentice with skill backed in here regularly (7)

10. Gauge reaction to series of a historical nature (3,4)

11. Kelvin for one has small barrel (3)

12. Female colleague carrying good uniform is a scapegoat (4,3)

13. Engineer charier in rental vehicle (4,3)

14. Priest is well-lit at intervals (3)

15. Prove wrong English bishop stuck in drab routine (5)

17. Tree concealed by circular chapel (5)

18. Duke concerned with

amateur ideal (5)

20. Perch in beginning around front of stage (5)

22. Woman in opera lacking introduction (3)

24. Rotten type hiding first signs of dubious loans in deception (7)

25. Photo with a lot of sticky material showing firearm (7)

26. Sales worker is unprepared? Not altogether (3)

27. Coaching cooks to omit a dish from Italy (7)

28. U.S.-born comedian in Warwickshire town forgoing good increase (4,3)

29. Game rogue played among outsiders in democracy, showing populist style (11)

Down

1. Hail lone ill kid struggling to receive love? Almost certainly! (2,3,10)

2. Salad dressing given out by Arab (7)

3. Alarmed expression in case of Gary being obsessive about tech (5)

4. Indication of fairly slow time in bars? (9)

5. Figure has to pierce mostly slender part of plant (7)

6. Radical urge possibly to restrict a method and road for overtaking (4,11)

7. Restrain son over unimportant matter right away (6)

8. Leading children get important food element (6)

16. Surprisingly, anger Brit in process of price

negotiation (9)

18. Buck’s mate accepting decline in quantity of medicine (6)

19. Indian premier and friend missing hotel a small amount (7)

21. Burt and Leo after crashing in bother (7)

23. Regal woman touring former additional part to a building (6)

25. Small shoot in part of year (not November) (5)