CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
WIN £500
ACROSS
1 Ted’s lab, rebuilt with room for contents of vessels... (11) 9 ...folded – claim
against him! (7) 10 Doctor admitting large ring’s pleasing on the ear (7) 11 Contest doesn’t end
as expected (3) 12 Minister’s home, taking iron out of dining room (7) 13 More flexible provider
bypasses India (7) 14 Avoid dispensing with
soft footwear in Alps? (3) 15 Perhaps count gold
coin once (5) 17 English lad collects
new wood (5) 18 Hammer first bit of
gold into this? (5) 20 Large newspaper
article’s flexible (5) 22 They regularly get
a drink (3) 24 Pirate captain has broken pipes in Morocco maybe (7) 25 Reduce papers editor
backed at the start (7) 26 First woman to
participate in thievery (3) 27 What farmer did in autumn? Exploited opportunity (4,3) 28 Foreign coin found in vase
reveals mythical beast (7) 29 Taken back, he leaves
here under a spell (11)
DOWN
1 What might make peach wig blonder? (9,6) 2 Unfashionable old vessel accommodates couple (7) 3 Father to join in
DIY? Not I! (5) 4 Somehow these emit record of hours worked (4,5) 5 The shape of various pills swallowed by Europeans? (7) 6 Moderate place for
white line? (6-2-3-4) 7 A rope’s complicated shows in Covent Garden (6) 8 Old mariner’s complaint, initially sick with waves (6) 16 Buy and sell nuts with best unwrapped sweets (5-4) 18 Bury Mike in
shade outside (6) 19 A poet’s wandering around harbour cafe (7) 21 Eastern politician
draws old bottles (7) 23 Missing worker catches
stock disease (6) 25 Two tie at
Wimbledon (5)