CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Unlike Socrates, usual place where soldiers train (7,6)
9 A group of blokes in charge of inverting the pictures (6)
10 Belligerent male holding large Titian composition (8)
11 Dodge not having a vacuum (4)
12 Saying much, initially, to German boy (5)
13 March time that is in Latin, almost (4)
14 Indoor sport could be eased if involving four (4-1-4)
16 Things to upholster (5)
19 Hoped a lathe included lever (5)
20 Good-for-nothing nurse, cold and wayward (9)
23 Ring for contents of that blog (4)
25 Regularly scurries up with chip (5)
26 Rumour of Woody’s friend (4)
27 Rest said to prepare for awful event (8)
28 Knight devoured groom! (6)
29 Moulded Dundee polymer not used enough (13)
DOWN
2 About time, pip horse (5)
3 An index containing wing is needlessly frightening (8)
4 Confined small child in top (7)
5 Intimidate everyone inside though immature (6)
6 Pure incomplete account ain’t edifying (9)
7 Seeing that church supports moral wrong (5)
8 Addictive substance from round container in city (8)
15 Bundle over to speak and explain further (9)
17 Wild pals noisily die out (8)
18 Chance upon hobo with horse (4,4)
21 Right in the air, following oddly rich bird sound (7)
22 This will cut fronts of sports cars before they move (6)
24 Foreign film (5)
26 Pair of birds placed in the mouth! (5)
ACROSS
1 Slow liquid loss (7)
5 Discharge (vapour) (4)
10 Swishy silky material (7)
11 Common flower in Holland (5)
12 ___ Beach, Sydney sands (5)
13 Acknowledges arrival (6)
15 Deserved or worked for (6)
17 Create again (6)
19 Enid ___, Noddy’s creator (6)
20 Followers of Guru Nanak (5)
23 First Greek letter (5)
24 Officer of the royal household (7)
25 Propagated (4)
26 Person from Brussels (7)
DOWN
2 Impish (5)
3 Of a republic’s leader (12)
4 Large farm or country house (6)
6 Citizen army (7)
7 Knocks (4)
8 Houses for horses (7)
9 Major Russian seaport (2,10)
14 Sports tops (7)
16 Fall back (7)
18 Exhale violently (6)
21 Divided Asian peninsula (5)
22 Cutting remark (4)