CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

NO 12700

Road beauties on the ramp

ACROSS

1 In Bonn I take theology,with year in for English fish study (11) 9 Papal court holds doctor in NW county (7) 10 Inspire,then possibly employ (7) 11 Study at end of garden (3) 12 Big tweezers for fungi (7) 13 Others playing with alto in aural range (7) 14 Formal address in Hindus ’ ritual ((3) 15 Supplied more than enough wild dates (5) 17 Substitute for two variables (5) 18 Drain off cash (5) 20 Artist ’s model takes good push (5) 22 Drink originally taken every afternoon (3) 24 Maybe used pep to put foot down (5,2) 25 What drains away if two foul up (7) 26 Aggressive bird in old-time music hall (3) 27 NI island with glen can be enthralling (7) 28 Girl in test location for skin treatment (7) 29 I got Morris tipsy, admitting rare inflexibility of late? (5,6)

DOWN

1 Irish anemometer generates

hot water source (9,6) 2 Sets 11 with nasty rash about

(7) 3 Leads with husband instead

of student (5) 4 Golf championship finished,

inconclusive (4-5) 5 Rock formation exposed by

harvest (7) 6 Hitchhikers may emerge from

southerly hotels (5,10) 7 Scratches square ends of

sleeves (6) 8 Attempt to pursue information ’s top class (6) 16 Rope in ten to manufacture kitchen tool (3-6) 18 Put down your guns! Penny is a magistrate (6) 19 Sign to stop party song (3,4) 21 Inactive but incorporated into new text (7) 23 Law,say,gets broken in perpetuity (6) 25 Beat all but last three in the Open (5)