SOLUTION TO PUZZLE No. 8568:

ACROSS: 1 Solaced; 5 Restate; 9 Orate; 10 Bobtailed; 11 Tilers; 12 Teenager; 14 Title; 15 Robin Hood; 18 Presses on; 20 Anita; 22 Tied down; 24 Bleach; 26 Innuendos; 27 Aroma; 28 Foresaw; 29 Solvent.

DOWN: 1 Short-stop; 2 Leaflet; 3 Cheerless; 4 Dabs; 5 Robber band; 6 Stain; 7 Allegro; 8 Elder; 13 Grass widow; 16 Nearly all; 17 Dear heart; 19 Eleanor; 21 In a hole; 22 Thief; 23 Dress; 25 Asps.