CROSSWORD:

1. Decisive factor (5,4)

8. Johann Sebastian ___, German composer (4)

9. Legal declaration in writing made upon oath (9)

10. Metric measurement (4)

13. Come to an end (5)

16. Triangular tract of land at a river’s mouth (5)

17. Irritatingly strong and unpleasant (5)

18. Goes by yacht (5)

19. Metric petrol unit (5)

20. Dined (5)

21. Church of England’s ecclesiastical council (5)

24. Opposite of ‘soft’ (4)

27. In a melodic manner (9)

28. Classic horse race (4)

29. Abandoned community (5,4)

DOWN

2. Marital estrangement (4)

3. Principal (4)

4. Pursue (5)

5. Remnants of a building (5)

6. Adjust, balance (9)

7. Enveloping (9)

11. Maturity (9)

12. Penniless (4,5)

13. Instances (5)

14. From the biggest continent (5)

15. Made less painful (5)

22. Early years (5)

23. Unlocks (5)

25. Hit with the head (4)

26. Brightness (4)