Daily Mail Cryptic #16372

2020-08-03

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Across

1a

Wrongly accuse rebel European in famous trial (5,7)

8a

Adversaries see mine exploding (7)

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9a

Wrap English novel condemned by priest (7)

11a

Are furious crazy forty-niners after this sort of rock? (10)

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12a

Leave team in sci-fi film (4)

14a

Reserve driver perhaps for literature lovers (4,4)

16a

Do idle cobblers employ daughters? (6)

17a

Regularly doing some excavating (3)

19a

Minor contribution from aftersales service (6)

21a

Perhaps 14's meeting-place shook terribly during dance (8)

24a

Look after a small amount of old money? (4)

25a

Expert could make nice profit (10)

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27a

Formal dress torn around end (7)

28a

Piece of film for presenting top-class gallery (7)

29a

Right clients ordered pig's innards (12)

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Down

1d

What's said on leaving more than half of cheese and port? (7)

2d

Free of disease, United host leaders of Notts Forest then City (10)

3d

Cover hours wasted in terminus (8)

4d

French engineer said to be quite a sight (6)

5d

Diplomat shuns old cardinal sin (4)

6d

Relative, sacked, became less tense (7)

7d

Robert and Paul managed over a mile in first carriage (12)

10d

HM stops old PM rambling and drumming fingers? (6,6)

13d

Barrister has to display print (10)

15d

Boys Brigade possess one that's worn by occupant of 7 (3)

18d

Pick up wood then fall over backwards at first, trying to hit this? (4,4)

20d

Marine animal not found originally in fancy sushi (7)

22d

Mostly attend to fruit and calls from farm (3,4)

23d

What worms do with their cast (6)

26d

Smart trap catches one (4)