Delve into the latest cryptic crossword puzzle featuring a variety of challenging clues for enthusiasts to solve.
Across Clues
9: Sly e-mails recycled without end (9 letters)
10: Excited by ring to great extent (1,4)
11: Sign of inexperienced driver, unfortunately reversing into shrub (5)
12: Doctor armed with a positive response, as in a trance (9)
13: Is breaking up cartel’s revolting behaviour (7)
14: Minimal time, correspondingly reduced for businessperson’s date (7)
17: Check out books from car ahead of time (5)
19: New growth in bulb you planted last of all (3)
20: One emperor backing follower of another (5)
21: Around front area, enjoys capital cigars (7)
22: Doesn’t go to restaurant having too much noise and drug crime (5,2)
24: Morbid gratification thus found in endless male posturing (9)
26: Large number of Romans in an unspecified battlefield (5)
28: A run rearranged, you said, in island country (5)
29: Last one in – that could be stress-related (9)
Down Clues
1: Refrain from eating, with a final twist, such unhealthy foods (4)
2: First in school by a long way, is visibly pleased (6)
3: Duke is thoroughly acquainted with good style (10)
4: Parts of records – they’re not supposed to be heard by other players (6)
5: Rely, oddly, on saxophonist as singer (8)
6: In spelling performance, initially omit ‘c’ in ‘mischief’ (4)
7: One introduced to maintain, say, disrupted festivals (8)
8: So-called King of jazz, or another one accompanied by string trio (4)
13: After removing head, open up fish (5)
15: Executive supporting firm is a major asset (6,4)
16: Form of transport, i.e. coach (5)
18: Frenzied divas caught up in international court event (5,3)
19: Bandleader helps Mingus and others (8)
22: Piece to play that’s part of a falling sequence, in theory (6)
23: Name of girl making second statement on first birthday (6)
24: Order member out of symposium on knowledge (4)
25: Baton that may be used for musical performances (4)
27: She can be spotted going back and forth in parallel lanes (4)
Reporting based on coverage first published by theguardian.com.