No 10354, Friday 06 Jan 12, Mover

ACROSS

1   - Deep pits could yield amino acid chains (8) - PEPTIDES*

5   - Beginning of “This Be the Verse” dear to Pyramus (6) - THISBE [T]

10 - A military hat has turned up Hunky-Dory (5) - SHAKO {HAS*}{KO<-}

11 - Square grid of paper for a bookish lobster's dance? (9) - QUADRILLE  {QUAD}{RILLE} Is that 'bookish' or 'brook is a'. Anno not clear.

12 - Delivering the queen pursuing goal in boxing arena (9) - RENDERING {R{END}{ER}ING}

13 - Moved slowly, taking codriver's Paxton regularly (5) - CREPT {C}{R}{E}{P}{T}

14 - Recipe may impress (6) - PIERCE*

15 - Dog all over the place some day (7) - SAMOYED*

18 - Simply leave complicated subterfuge for sanctuaries (7) - REFUGES SubtERFUGE*

20 - Couscous prepared without eggs for an arboreal marsupial (6) - CUSCUS CoUSCoUS

22 - Boast about wooden shoe! (5) - SABOT*

24 - Buzzing wasp goes behind bridge player for lefties (9) - SOUTHPAWS {SOUTH}{WASP*}

25 - Candies damage naught with short answer (9) - MARZIPANS {MAR}{ZIP}{ANS}

26 - Is coming back with first woman a strain? (5) - SIEVE {SI<-}{EVE}

27 - Nymphs 500 yards away (6) - DRYADS {D}{YARDS*}

28 - Drifting organisms plan to unravel knot (8) - PLANKTON {PLAN}{KNOT*}

DOWN

1   - Fathers sample baked items (6) - PASTRY {PAS}{TRY}

2   - Ordinary quarrel for a claimant (9) - PLAINTIFF {PLAIN}{TIFF}

3   - Rational, hiding innermost confusion (2,4,5,4) - IN ONES RIGHT MIND*

4   - Queries disturbed titled gent? (7) - ESQUIRE*

6   - Dawn introduced by the Beatles? (4,5,3,3) - HERE COMES THE SUN [DD]

7   - Figure out stormy loves (5) - SOLVE*

8   - Level fluctuation at day end (8) - EVENTIDE {EVEN}{TIDE}

9   - Crone leads US soldiers to provide a Scottish dish (6) - HAGGIS {HAG}{GIS}

16 - Anything love may unite improperly (3,4,2) - YOU NAME IT {O+MAY+UNITE}*

17 - Thought pre-med is keeping us back (8) - PRESUMED {PRE}{SU<-}{MED}

19 - Swagger and tell about rowan tree (6) - SASHAY {S{ASH}AY}

20 - Advise lawyer (7) - COUNSEL [DD]

21 - Toward the rear, seer leaves Easterners (6) - ASTERN EAsTerNeRS*

23 - Daft British host (5) - BARMY {B}{ARMY}

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