No 9862, Monday 07 Jun 10, Sankalak

Another cake from Sankalak.
ACROSS
1   - Resting place where a royal tames boredom somehow (6,7) - {MASTE*}{R} {BEDROOM*}
10 - Church boy, one beginning to copy French article — a history of events (9) - {CH}{RON}{I}{C}{LE}
11 - Valuable thing which could also be cultured (5) - PEARL [DD]
12 - Duck said to be one that helps (5) - EIDER(~aider)
13 - Such checks come before take-off (3-6) - PRE-FLIGHT [CD]
14 - Explosive things which may be found on the beach (6) - SHELLS [DD]
16 - Power of a southern side (5) - {S}{TEAM}
19 - The pain that went with ecstasy in Irving Stone's work (5) - AGONY [E]
20 - A person loved, not likely to falter (6) - STEADY [DD]
25 - Alarms etc set off by a know-all (5,4) - SMART ALEC*

26 - The longest bone in the body (5) - FEMUR [E]

27 - Abandon daughter with irritation (5) - {D}{ITCH}
28 - Gradual increase in sound may end soccer play (9) - CRESCENDO}
29 - Healer who gives sharp treatment? (13) - ACUPUNCTURIST [CD]
DOWN
2   - A game in these days is shortened (8) - {A{BRIDGE}D}
3   - Skin lotion stored in a stone receptacle (5) - TONER [T]
4   - Prescription for the cook (6) - RECIPE [E]
5   - Oxygen and hydrogen, perhaps (8) - ELEMENTS [CD]
6   - Feel sorry about everyone returning a guard against mosquitoes, say (9) - {REPE{LLA<-}NT}
7   - Fruit, so called, in Old English (6) - {O{RANG}E}

8   - A conservative tax on entry (6) - {A}{C}{CESS}
9   - Something to write on for a student in improvised seat (5) - {S{L}ATE*}
15 - Fires over joint, a warning to sailors (9) - {LIGHTS}{HIP}

17 - Church member who can align afresh (8) - ANGLICAN*
18 - Clothes for member escorted by men (8) - {G{ARM}ENTS}
21 - Plant providing unknown missile (8) - {Y}{ARROW}

22 - A line for the audience's ears only (5) - {A}{SIDE}
23 - Master's credit shortened by gum (6) - {MAS}{TICk}
24 - Stress produced by the way people speak (6) - ACCENT [DD]
26 - Severe blow for an expert in France (5) - {F{ACE}R}

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