CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

A built-in bed needs repairing, 9 1 beyond doubt (11) Probe who in France is blocking hot line (7) Exemplary form 10 11 of verb (7) Finish a chunk of Golden Delicious (3) 12 Like Bob on TV, buried rocks around lake (7) 13 Extremely upset, opening fruit to survive (7) 14 Nearly steer clear of hill runner (3) 15 Stand for artist while spearing fish (5) 17 Run off, following the rules (5) 18 Wilted and forgot lines in play (5) 20 Young insect right in the middle of hot rock (5) 22 Stuff mutton (3) 24 Complaint by old volunteers about English drink (4,3) 25 Soldiers stop early course of treatment (7) 26 Show disapproval of novel with no ending? (3) 27 End fuel supply? It’s what’s required (7) 28 Go through with a guided tour around Spain (4,3) 29 There’s no waiting in this restaurant (4-7)

DOWN

1 Papal tribunal’s cut on jailing seven tortured for spying? (15) 2 Cold wind leads hedges to shrink (7) 3 Carved ruby lures in European customer ... (5) 4 ... having to pay this drunken lord a lot, pence included (3,6) 5 Smell awful rats left in detention centre (7) 6 Levelling proper plant reveals oilproducing plant (7,8) 7 Broadcast by American seizing British plane (6) 8 Oak perhaps blocks extremely straight road (6) 16 In recording, Cilla Black regularly alters parts of speech (9) 18 Ridicule first appearance briefly by new king (6) 19 Occasionally doubt if university lecturer is loyal (7) 21 Stan abandons Asian country, leaving cash there (7) 23 Speechless about latest record (6) 25 One of eight perhaps who’s quarrelling? (5)