CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Political philosophy that chimes roughly with Right (11) 9 Well-written French articles about one in this island (7) 10 Snare retired Republican associate (7) 11 A rifle regularly gives trouble (3) 12 Spinner’s the same from either end (7) 13 Deprived kids or admirers, one could say (7) 14 Large ducks pay regular visits here (3) 15 Poor player with no time for teacher (5) 17 Hot sauce, piping initially, then cold (5) 18 Article thanks Greek character (5) 20 Scored German song around last in Eurovision (5) 22 Child or toddler primarily sleeps here (3) 24 Import each number into China (7) 25 Amateur goes in, prepared to struggle (7) 26 At the beginning, artist with leather uses this (3) 27 Point at a mike for broadcasting (4,3) 28 How fool behaves in an East Anglian city (7) 29 Bring round user backing small Channel Islands gallery (11)
DOWN
1 Performer whose style is exquisitely balanced? (9,6) 2 Judge rarebit after it’s been cooked (7) 3 Absolve ultimately tragic king in play (5) 4 Report disturbed ponies and ox left near the centre (9) 5 Purist, agitated about radical, suddenly enters (7) 6 Irishman, canned, mangled European language (8,7) 7 Like beds in summer or fall possibly (6) 8 Noisy, as are some bands? (6) 16 Willing to participate in dances and many sports (4,5) 18 Fruit produced by man with half a potato (6) 19 Article I denounce about occupants of zoo (7) 21 Play about one ordinary museum exhibit (7) 23 Emptied yellow contents to create patterns on fabric (3-3) 25 One breaks bail, nervously offering this excuse? (5)