CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Notes coming from barrister’s rooms? (7,5) 8 A worker without work makes a garden fork, say (7) 9 Company chops up old manuscripts (7) 11 Small crone to finance roller-coaster? (10) 12 Shock-absorber is interrupting current (4) 14 A college clerical post requiring precision (8) 16 Withdraw precedent to some extent (6) 17 Scotsman’s range of knowledge (3) 19 Slippery old PM adopting a son (6) 21 Having no decoration fills Ron with confusion (2-6) 24 Superior type beginning to tease old fellows (4) 25 Harry performs at underground property in Arctic (10) 27 Gironde auberge contains poem (7) 28 The French rider wobbled, carrying more weight (7) 29 Perhaps a sandwich in annual blowout? (8,4)

DOWN

1 Help artist up in cricket club — his heart’s not good (7) 2 Artist in church briefly lambasted opponent of Messiah (10) 3 One way to ride in cab with brake out of order (8) 4 Highly decorated soldiers set up businesses (6) 5 Cancel section of Nessun Dorma (4) 6 List current 150 filling square (7) 7 Bloke’s cackling a crime? (12) 10 ‘Tale of Achievement’ a bestseller? (7,5) 13 I’m a rafter drifting across river, trying to reach this (5,5) 15 Long to put up more than half of money (3) 18 Standard supporter, by and large (8) 20 Learned Arab and European fellows dine out (7) 22 Catty pope in the eleventh century? (7) 23 Pay back socialist taking in entertainment (6) 26 Left with English books (4)

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