No 11724, Saturday 11 Jun 2016, Sunnet

Our feathered friends bring the weekend to a close. 

ACROSS
1   Heartless jailer's land (6) TURKEY TURnKEY

4   Contrasting work to sitting (8) OPPOSING {OP}{POSING}
10 Some Chinese board Singapore-run rail to Paradise (7,2) SHANGRI LA {S{HAN}G}{RI LA*}
11 Head of firm carries fifty-pound instrument (5) CELLO {L}{L} in {CEO}
12 Heavy weight lifter managed to enter church (5) CRANE {RAN} in {CE}
13 Coming from outside, old mind gets retrospective sense of self (9) EXOGENOUS {EX}{OGE<=}{NOUS}
14 Picks groups to catch the Parisian (7) SELECTS {SECTS} over {LE}
16 Perhaps hawk equipment to English (4) KITE {KIT}{E} Why perhaps?
19 Build new raygun's cap for navy personnel (4) WREN {NEW+Ra...n}*
21 Small list to drink (7) SWALLOW {S}{WALLOW}
24 Invariably, a press agency will take shape by second half of July (9) UNIFORMLY {UNI}{FORM}{juLY}
25 American to invigorate spirit of Society of Engineers (5) GOOSE {GO}{O}{SE} American and Goose? See comments
26 Schemes from a side (5) IDEAS*
27 Entry in a building housing unknown bully (9) TYRANNIZE {ENTRY+IN+A}* around {Z}
28 Heads of Shanghai industries strangely only go for the study of Chinese language (8) SINOLOGY {Sh...i}{In...s}{ONLY+GO}*
29 Echo from average hill retreats (6) PARROT {PAR}{TOR<=}

DOWN
1   Lawsuit to challenge cabinet (4,4) TEST CASE {TEST} {CASE}
2   Interesting study by expert (8) READABLE {READ}{ABLE}
3   Get a gold coin from each broken leg (5) EAGLE {EA}{GLE}
5   Nearly every one is captivated by Mark's swagger (7) PEACOCK {EACh} in {POCK}
6   Extra box inside for musicians (9) ORCHESTRA {CHEST} in {ORRA}
7   Policeman can add sulphur to ice pads (6) IGLOOS {IG}{LOO}{S}
8   Carp from Greek river (6) GROUSE {GR}{OUSE}
9   See large records (6) VIDEOS {VIDE}{OS}
15 Raise wheels left outside merry-go-round (9) CARROUSEL {CAR}{L} surround {ROUSE} Was put off by this spelling variant
17 Blanched or boiled is more gory (8) BLOODIER*
18 Second minute to examine the best (8) SWEETEST {S}{WEE}{TEST}
20 Horse's unusual team label (7) NAMETAG {TEAM}* in {NAG}
21 Crime writer speaks about Queen (6) SAYERS {SAYS} about {ER}
22 As every other violist shrinks (6) QUAILS {QUA}{vIoLiSt}
23 Sow one around a fool (6) PIGEON {PIG}{ONE}*
25 Pot of Michigan jam (5) GANJA [T]

Reference list

Underlined words = Embedded links, Work = OP, Chinese = HAN, Fifty and Pound = L, Managed = RAN, Church = CE, Old = EX, Mind = OUS, Sense of self = EGO, The Parisian = LE, Equipment = KIT, English = E, New = N, Small = S, List = WALLOW, Press Agency = UNI, Take shape = FORM, Society = S, Engineers = E, Invigorate = GO, Unknown = Z, Average = PAR, Hill = TOR, Each = EA, Mark = POCK, Policeman = IG (Inspector General), Can = LOO, Sulphur = S, Greek = GR, See = VIDE, Large = OS, Raise = ROUSE, Whhels = CAR, Left = L, Second = S, Minute = WEE, Examine = TEST, Horse = NAG, Queen = ER, Sow = PIG, 

Color/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous,

GRID

PS - I hope I've got the colours right. I'm colour blind you see.