CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
No 16,637 WIN £500
ACROSS
1 Members of family — hers, by implication? (4-8) 8 Piece published by Conservative in article (7) 9 Old, fat and pompous (7) 11 Army accommodation uses thin plastic between poles (6,4) 12 British sailor recalled capital city (4) 14 Put away note during dinner at sea (8) 16 Reported emblem that clashes with another in band ... (6) 17 ... through section of La Traviata (3) 19 Cured pigmeat or game with back stripped (6) 21 Longing to accept English firm’s alluring job? (8) 24 Supplier of 19 produces this agreement outside home (4) 25 Dislike foreigner’s mobile phone in reversal of top-class case (10) 27 For example, swift fighter managed time (7) 28 Suppress misshapen sausage (7) 29 Converted plain writing style I’d developed (12)
DOWN
1 Bill stuck in these battered cans (7) 2 Where to change hair — or more after refreshment? (6,4) 3 Soviet leader British never misled about zero hour (8) 4 Loves bags left somewhere in Portugal (6) 5 Scream and call at night (4) 6 Plant river tavern in middle (7) 7 Reserve stableboy cheapest place in ground? (8,4) 10 Well-insulated lookalike did nothing after golf (6-6) 13 Pity he’s so worked up about hot theory (10) 15 Fooled one wearing big bra? (3) 18 Balloonist set out a route across North America (8) 20 Train a German runner? (7) 22 Awful boring ad, not good, placed in Hull? (7) 23 Study short lecture about choppers (6) 26 Service small state (4)
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