DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Turn of speech directed harm at police (12) 10 A rugby player too large to be fit (7) 11 Bolt room shut in labour agitation (7) 12 Measure of wood cut sick time in the mountains (10) 13 It’s a revolting Italian wine (4) 15 Extract its lid in pieces (6) 17 Memorial to chap butchered while seizing Egyptian extremists (8) 19 Fish may struggle awkwardly (8) 20 Support old hand when touching youngster (4,2) 23 Some goatherd’s pledge (4) 24 Evidence of crime that bandits scattered around bathroom (10) 27 Guest house allowance after retiring (7) 28 Curse small company in a rush (7) 29 Ticking off those casually attired (8,4)

DOWN

2 Slip up in rejoinder or reaction (5) 3 Water breeders reduce amount of current said on meeting basin complex (10) 4 Sleuth made to move furtively (6) 5 Deter run-off to be elected (8) 6 Find fault with vehicle on parking (4) 7 Hasten appearances with instrument (4,5) 8 Rotten to have fled before Spanish hero (6) 9 Turn red around one that’s a little differently coloured (6) 14 Scorer made body of water tally with others (10) 16 Outhouse accommodated tenor’s performance, as contracted (9) 18 Lead sign misleading truck (8) 19 Disc with zip cover for pop composition (6) 21 Written when shut up (6) 22 Change to keep American relative (6) 25 Missile of war or strife (5) 26 Wickedness of second in command (4)

Yesterday’s solutions: Across: 1 Apprehensive. 9 English. 10 Proviso. 11 Nuns. 12 Prosthesis. 14 Scimitar. 15 Parcel. 18 Sparse. 19 Hived off. 22 Accordance. 24 Echo. 26 Persist. 27 Airhead. 28 Fine and dandy. Down: 1 Argentina. 2 Pair. 3 Ethereal. 4 Expose. 4 Soothsayer. 6 Veins. 7 Tennis. 8 Morsel. 13 Disservice. 16 Crotchety. 17 Pilchard. 18 Swampy. 20 Fjords. 21 Canton. 23 Corgi. 25 Iron.