The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
1 Great ball includes a cake excess (14)
9 Snacks best cooked around one (5)
10 Dangerous slip experienced by very popular candidate (9) 11 Once-over to observe twice (4-3)
12 Adjust my radar beam (7) 13 Makes fun of chest bones (4)
14 Backing motorway design Ted put in (9)
18 Member is not in time to make laws (9)
20 Some biker blocking part of pavement (4)
22 Infantile and shabby, I get removed (7)
25 Top bowler (7)
26 Girl speaker in temporary bans (9)
27 Runs organised tour round city (5)
28 Testing time for collies (8,6)
DOWN
1 Bustle around, it's implied (6) 2 Smell the endless crude oil in underground activity (9) 3 Withstands stress I suffered (7)
4 Liberal interpretation not applicable to classical performer (9)
5 Billy's partner is a relative (5) 6 Al's away from Oz country (7) 7 Protruding feature on a collection of porcelain (5) 8 Remember, mud always covers this island colony (7) 15 Force horde of journalists (5-4)
16 Spider natural at spinning (9) 17 State in the manner of two different degree holders (7) 19 New kit, let's knock down (7) 20 Needlewoman's fancy trinket (7)
21 Men return nothing in fun (6) 23 Woman without a place to dock (5)
24 Ran fast, difficult round centre of arena (5)
ACROSS
1 Mariners (9)
8 Thick knitwear (4)
9 Curly paper decorations (9) 10 Inner spirit (4)
13 Liable to be wet (5)
16 ___ ‘Dolly’, musical (5) 17 Sweet cake topping (5)
18 ___ branch, symbol of peace (5)
19 Loses shape (5)
20 Allow to be known (3,2) 21 Covered with ceramic squares (5)
24 Resist boldly (4)
27 Kitchen utensil for cutting into tins (3-6)
28 Ridge on the
fingerboard of a guitar (4) 29 Choice (9)
DOWN
2 Consumes food (4)
3 Professional charges (4) 4 Energetic Cuban
dance (5)
5 Repeat broadcast (5)
6 Pyromaniacs (9)
7 Ungainly (9)
11 Flaunted (6,3)
12 Praises (9)
13 Fowl perch (5)
14 Wedding vow (1,4)
15 Give way or surrender (5) 22 Angry, enraged (5)
23 Draw out, bring forth (5) 25 Hire out (4)
26 Valiant warrior (4)