CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Coach over in tropics worked for a regular fee (12) 8 Personal property allowed back after talk (7) 9 Fancy cognac once it’s bottled (7) 11 Large lioness strayed around northeast in solitude (10) 12 Prepare to take off public carrier (4) 14 Daughter’s spouse stupidly was in London, half cut (3-2-3) 16 Trainspotter’s right to sit in a tree (6) 17 Ring back briefly to get sticky stuff (3) 19 Those in opposition inspiring Conservative’s silly behaviour (6) 21 Digest what look like doughnuts in bakery abroad (8) 24 Communist’s gait (4) 25 I’m on a unit ordered to collect minute shells (10) 27 Marshal can vote for change in Brazil or Mexico (7) 28 Record one poem about special event (7) 29 They want to change dream island during holidays (12)

DOWN

1 River unusually has two names, one shortened (7) 2 Courage and audacity in tight spot (10) 3 Local ground keeps working with independent settler (8) 4 What etchers do in zinc is enthralling (6) 5 Dye is one ingredient in explosive (4) 6 Outside old enclosure, one protected by a river (4-3) 7 Wretched ascetic lies about minister (12) 10 Daughter’s under kitchen sink, fiddling, impervious to insults (5-7) 13 Wicked acts by soldiers during hostilities (10) 15 Cautious when forgetting right method (3) 18 Anglicans manage to absorb green and blue (8) 20 Whitewash scruffy counter (7) 22 I’m soon battling with union and it’s looking serious (7) 23 Blockages in vessels could be mobile (6) 26 Long garment is pulled up crossing middle of yard (4)

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