CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Burial of a DVD leads to kidnapped teen ( 5,7)

9 Be a “Ten”, for example, with good omelette ingredient ( 6,3)

10 See 8 Down

11/ 22/ 15 Kidnapped writer volunteers to be in Ross for a change ( 6,5,9)

12 Follow- up to kidnapped Tom, rescued initially on Hebridean island ( 8)

13 See 19

14 Wimbledon crowd might enjoy being narrowly spaced ( 5- 3)

17 Inquire: “Is dance where to find fine bindings and wax?” ( 1,3,4)

19/ 13/ 3 Wrongly put me on to the Internal Revenue Service – others mistakenly handed over belongings ( 4,2,6,2,5)

21 Lightened camouflage rolling in grass ( 8)

23 See 25

25/ 23 Furiously drives around Caribbean country with head of state – their business is going down ( 5,6)

26 Clipped good manners starts to annoy kept woman ( 9)

27 Prepares the ground and tests cheese crackers around middle of lunch ( 4,3,5)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 4 CM Grieve, 9 No craic, 11 John Woo, 12 Omits, 13/ 25 Lark about, 14 Arms, 16 Hugh MacDiarmid, 19/ 25D/ 27 A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, 23 Poet, 24 At it, 28 Retests, 29 Yazidism, 30 Retype

DOWN

2/ 18 Kidnapped hero trackable with art news broadcast ( 4,5,7)

3 See 19 Across

4 See 24

5 Calculating aid for where to have picnic in the woods? ( 3,5)

6 Nought to ninety needing skills for old wagons ( 7)

7 Massive charger Greek character keeps at home ( 5)

8/ 10 Join forces in wrong fencing, for instance? ( 2,8,2,5)

9 Destroyed apricots after stream set on fire ( 4,2,1,5)

15 See 11 Across

16 Petulant look about gang turning up in blackout ( 5,3)

18 See 2

20 Like some elephants, assailant since evens out ( 7)

22 See 11 Across

24/ 4 Pedigree strangely perturbed, without heading for trouble ( 4,4)