Thursday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Water-ice. 5 Plumbs. 9 Insolent. 10 Hold-up. 12 Theban. 13 Springer. 15 Starting-post. 18 Hundred to one. 23 Withdrew. 24 Minute. 26 Runner. 27 Informed. 28 Dressy. 29 Appeared.

Down: 1 Waists. 2 Tossed. 3 Reliant. 4 Cane. 6 Looking. 7 Made good. 8 Separate. 11 Apricot. 14 Prodded. 16 Showered. 17 Instance. 19 Redeems. 20 Noisome. 21 Murmur. 22 Headed. 25 Snap.