Across: 1. Jockeys’ addenda (6) 4. I have followed short leader with prisoner (7) 9. Old queen gets to wash that female scholar (9) 10. Urge one politician to reject the French... (5) 11. ...Son wears nothing in France having got up (5) 12. Stop broadcast and ask a person to be miserable! (9) 13. Refines empty theory with integrity (7) 15. Not cried when dirty son left (6) 17. Lines initially spoken by brown final character at front of auditorium (6) 19. British university involved in rather banal accolade (7) 22. Flyer crashes near a pole! (9) 24. Pressure to remove uniform garment (5) 26. Cold, brash and obscure (5) 27. Ready for a swinging fox trot (2 3 4) 28. Gets all upset in final stretch (4 3) 29. Part of loss I announced named legendary Irish bard (6) Down: 1. Royal family returns to hospital for renewal (7) 2. Takes out fruit (5) 3. Flag of a house in New Orleans? (6 3) 4. Each ape automatically holds headgear (7) 5. He wrote about islands with grace (5) 6. Spontaneous little devil has frolic with you in Paris! (9) 7. Eggheads jump into flowing Nile to get girl (6) 8. Go back inside song room (6) 14. Infamous corruption is back in debt-free surroundings! (9) 16. Strange quality drew in New England state senate leaders (9) 18. One scholar’s energy is terrific! (7) 19. Make an attempt to dine inside convention (6) 20. Denise was upset about one being brought in carefully (5 2) 21. Penny gets to clear out piece of land (6) 23. Starts to pore over documents and lectures about feet (5) 25. Music producer accepts return of little woman’s character (5) Solution: RIDERS==CAPTIVE E=A=I=L=H=O=M=I BATHSHEBA=IMPEL I=E=I=E=P=S=R=E RISEN=WOEBEGONE T===G=A=A===M=N HONESTY=UNWEPT= ==O=U=====E=T== =STANZA=TRIBUTE P=O===M=R=R===A AEROPLANE=DRESS R=I=O=Z=A=N=M=E CLOUD=INTHEMOOD E=U=A=N=Y=S=J=I LASTLEG==OSSIAN Name: Puzzle 486 Author: by Steve Townsend Annos-Across: 1. Double Def 4. CAPT(ain) (= short leader) IVE (= I have) 9. BATH (= wash) SHE (= that female) BA (= scholar) 10. I (= one) MP (= politician) EL (= LE reversed) 11. RI [S(on)] EN (= nothing in France) 12. WOE (homophone WHOA) BEG (= ask) ONE (= a person) 13. HONES (= Refines) T(heor)Y 15. UN[-S(on)] WEPT (= dirty) 17. S(poken) TAN (= brown) Z (= final character) A(uditorium) 19. TRI [B(ritish) U(niversity)] TE (= rather banal) 22. AEROPLANE (anag near a pole)(anagrind = crashes) 24. D [-U(niform)] RESS (= Pressure) 26. C(old) LOUD (= brash) 27. Double Def 28. LAST LEG (anag Gets all)(anagrind = upset) 29. Hidden in wordplay Annos-Down: 1. R(oyal) EBIRT (= TRIBE reversed) H(ospital) 2. Double Def 3. Double Def 4. Hidden in wordplay 5. PO [IS (= islands)] E (= He wrote) 6. IMP (= little devil) ROMP (= frolic) TU (= you in Paris) 7. EIL [E(gg) E(gg)] N (anag Nile)(anagrind = flowing) 8. L [EEW (= WEE reversed)] AY (= song) 14. NO [TOR (= ROT reversed)] IOUS (= debt-free) 16. WEIRDN (anag drew in)(anagrind = New) E(ngland) S(tate) S(enate) 18. A (= One) MA (= scholar) ZING (= energy) 19. TR [EAT (= dine)] Y (= Make an attempt) 20. E [A (= one)] SED IN (anag Denise)(anagrind = was upset) 21. P(enny) ARCEL (anag clear)(anagrind = out) 23. P(ore) O(ver) D(ocuments) A(nd) L(ectures) 25. EM [OJ (= JO reversed)] I (= Music producer) Defs-Across: 1. Jockeys 1. addenda 4. prisoner 9. Old queen 10. Urge 11. got up 12. miserable 13. integrity 15. Not cried 17. Lines 19. accolade 22. Flyer 24. garment 26. obscure 27. Ready 27. a swinging fox trot 28. final stretch 29. legendary Irish bard Defs-Down: 1. renewal 2. Takes out 2. fruit 3. Flag 3. a house in New Orleans? 4. headgear 5. grace 6. Spontaneous 7. girl 8. room 14. Infamous 16. Strange quality 18. terrific 19. convention 20. brought in carefully 21. piece of land 23. about feet 25. character