GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No. 28,270 set by Qaos

ACROSS

9 Cast out from here?

(5,4)

10 Play around in floor in

Japan (5)

11 Training with international aristocrat not off to a flyer (5)

12 Dancing, it’s linked to being the most gracious (9)

13 Prime Minister familiarly welcomes northern old city with French greeting (7) 14 Nurse abandons joining up programme (7)

17 Informally, we first breakfast over porridge (5)

19 Without limits, invest

in pound (3)

20 IT company starting to invent new revolutionary clouds (5)

21 Cars having many

applications (7)

22 Ran away riding a horse

that’s tired (7)

24 One has no trouble getting their kids to eat greens (9)

26 Eats quickly? Not so fast, picking up fine when it’s brought back (5)

28 Planet Earth’s becoming overheated — let’s get leaders to retire (5)

29 Some stars spotted in Poundland, Rome? Daring! (9)

DOWN

1 Republican’s second in command, please reply (4)

2 Scientist: rising radical gains success (6) 3 They’re on the top floor

or shelf? (10)

4 Heckle King and

Queen’s agent (6) 5 Founding father’s honest, nothing being overturned (8) 6 Glances up, drains third

of stout, cheers! (4) 7 Coward catches bishop’s virus regularly on front of mask element (8)

8 English cricketer is 4 of

16? (4)

13 Child left scene

of confusion (5) 15 Hospital boy’s raised to court daughter with fragrance (10)

16 Wear down to earth, as Her Majesty might say (5) 18 Organised crime not building telephone system (8)

19 After test regarding the country … (8)

22 … fellow lied about section’s answers (6) 23 £1,000,050,500 unlimited menu for anniversary (6) 24 Boss tells Grant to leave (4) 25 Object displaying kite mark (4) 27 Playwright: ‘That’s a wrap!’ Not quite (4)