CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Hide on board tug, one caught in

wave (4,4)

5 Turned on after murmuring

sound, relax (4,2)

9 Service carrier breaking

a treaty (3,4)

10 Went overboard with biblical man’s various duties (3,4)

11 Turned back completely: zero

available (2,3)

12 Resemble spud with fake plastic

stuffing (4,5)

13 Playwright reworked Ocean

World (4,6)

16 Car company with

one agent (1-3)

18 Future portion of October (2-2) 19 Screenager adapted old TV

sitcom (5,5)

22 Small characters wore laces

undone (5,4)

24 Note 50 in 500 overweight (1,4) 26 Treat wet hair by taking short

drive (4-3)

27 Outstanding player left second, getting in place for a sacrifice (3-4)

28 Endlessly spin around masculine

fitness buff (3,3) 29 Cover assumed by unaccompanied gangster (2,6)

DOWN

1 Planted outside, it would take a load off (3,4)

2 1960s fad: love and leave (2,3)

3 Gap quickly filled by US tax collection agency (3,5)

4 Yeats moved so far (2,3)

6 Overly familiar after introductions, hold chat (3,3) 7 Circus performer adjusted normal tie (4,5)

8 Trial going through pirate’s trunk (4,3) 10 A king in Old Testament regarding eastern symbol of strength (3,4)

14 Lower boom, exercising freedom

to move (5,4)

15 Boomer’s predecessor

suspicious about a BB shot (3,4) 17 Moreover, Florida’s beset by

ocean crustacean (4,4) 18 Shaking KGB tail, boast (4,3) 20 Released group admission price

around mid-april (3,4) 21 Pronounced gloomy weather

first-rate (5,1)

23 Jannings receives a message

online (1-4)

25 Dismiss French article on true

Japanese game (3,2)