Independent Cryptic #11473

2023-07-20

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Across

1a

Dear city common ground for 8 in 12 say (14)

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9a

Flag down fellow crossing junction (9)

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10a

Pilot backing international air traffic control (5)

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11a

Old copper kitchen tool (6)

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12a

Resolve to drink Australian port (7)

14a

Wife with most mischievous offensive kitty? (8)

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16a

Human trafficking's origin covered in lesson (6)

19a

Poster misrepresented sponges (6)

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20a

Painting and sculpture among others left during attacks (8)

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22a

Find fault with what political constituencies have? (7)

24a

Film-maker's rolling outside shortly (6)

27a

Sketch paper used by dead artist (5)

28a

Mother's desperately clinging to mid-thirties not looking ahead (9)

29a

Something writer's seeing: a good horror novel (14)

Down

1d

Red Rum cut through (4)

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2d

Team pours liquid that might stop Jerry (9)

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3d

State penitentiary put up Capone (5)

4d

What's added to money bag? (8)

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5d

Crack up while playing score struggling with pressure (6)

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6d

Gathered and ingested a single drug (9)

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7d

Believer to stop missing Sabbath (5)

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8d

See spells mixed up a lot? (9)

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13d

Tense argument's covering this briefly for 8 in 12 say (9)

15d

Present a case for feminist hospital drama in the future (9)

17d

Being late regularly unless entering time machine (9)

18d

A Republican work mentioned rising migration (8)

21d

Simple tea set replaced (6)

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23d

Period expression ignored by Romeo (5)

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25d

Downright eccentric to go topless (5)

26d

Sign in not using first name (4)