CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bad karma surrounding a more troubled golfer (4,6) 6 Shortened Tiger’s golf club (4) 10 Complain about end of club glowing (7) 11 Tournament spectators all wearing grey, strangely (7) 12 I contend with short ground covers (5) 13 Homer tees off group of golfers (9)

14 Claim senior hit over the long course (8)

16 Score well on a hole with junior member of the clergy (6) 19 Disappointment spread about hockey great (6) 21 Jerk behind heads of the household (8) 24 Golfer’s wager on skin game’s leader taking trophy, ultimately (5,4) 25 Writer’s stroke shoots the wrong way (5) 26 Author getting into action’s risky area (4,3) 27 Animosity harboured by Bill Williams (3,4) 28 Clump of grass next to a drink (4) 29 Golfer with terrible lie, ten over (3,7)

DOWN

1 Circling green, ponder Woosnam’s second-chance shots (9)

2 In European capital, ace popular green (7) 3 Nothing confines some tournaments (5) 4 Names settle in, playing (8) 5 A road starting with regular view (6) 7 Close to straying cats (7) 8 Scottish writer’s handout about club for sports (5)

9 Cut off from a tee, nail rough (8) 15 A signal of approval-okay taking new painkillers (8) 17 Lack of din upset golfer (4,5) 18 Not so big, beaten player hitting some drums (8)

20 Tire of time put into study again (7)

22 Call in one’s final points (7) 23 Attempt that is about right for very good score on a hole (6)

24 Born mid-month, stays (5) 25 Something soothing left in reserve (5)