CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 and 6 Imperial measurement of two items of fishing gear or what you might catch (3,4,2,5)

9 Chain me up to engine (7)

10 Start to sell in correct environment and flourish (7)

11 Is backward Scotsman given this name? (5)

12 Obtain edition as part of strategy (9)

13 Only add very little to get this clue, for example (5)

14 Not using muscles can end up in hospital department (9)

17 Someone living there begged for it to be painted over (9)

19 Great boss! (5)

21 Vehicle I originally bought for next to nothing in West Indies (9)

24 Became highly visible when started smoking (3,2)

26 Opening alternative provided with coolant (7)

27 Anger initially loosens the bonds of relatives (7)

28 Liberates from cryogenic state, we hear (5)

29 Elderly and disabled home for a while at noon (3,6)

DOWN

1 Did he found one ancient city arising from another? (5)

2 Claimed to make conversion from base of ten (7)

3 Find direction in sport from mysterious East poetically ever present (9)

4 Expel Mary in action worth copying, by ... (9)

5 ... copy engineer who’s expert (5)

6 Liable to put pair before singleton (5)

7 Ecstasy with substitution causes breakdown (7)

8 The ravers create havoc in family restaurant (9)

13 Refused to work away and was removed from register (6,3) 15 Sent ready change in sitting position (9)

16 Lo, incense is wafted around with lack of respect (9)

18 Fish was the centrepiece where bursar dined (7)

20 Nationalist Irishman went on rampage (7) 22 Temporary deviations from first base to edges (5)

23 Make revisions for me to come back and finish (5)

25 Fake sequel to cut (5)