ACROSS
1 Master skill at first (6) ARTIST {ART}{1ST}
4 Honour obtained outside is illegitimate (8) MISBEGOT {M{IS}BE}{GOT}
10 Shaky recollection of rule to sum (9) TREMULOUS*
11 Squeal heard by stream (5) CREEK (~creak)
12 Jack stops to cross narrow inlet (5) FJORD {F{J}ORD}
13 Most cunning nag of the French model (9) SHREWDEST {SHREW}{DES}{T}
14 Direct church girl at hand (7) CHANNEL {CH}{ANNE}{L}
16 Places circles (4) SETS [DD]
19 Reportedly main dock (4) QUAY (~key)
21 Shelter house's leafy glade (7) HARBOUR {H}{ARBOUR}
24 Bestowed heart carved out of an evergreen chestnut (9) CONFERRED {CON
25 Enjoy new sanctuary (5) HAVEN {HAVE}{N}
26 Choose portion of one lecture (5) ELECT [T]
27 Neatly cut fellow and I smoked together (9) MANICURED {MAN}{I}{CURED}
28 Splitting after Time's heading (8) TRENDING {T}{RENDING}
29 Advance a court's conclusion (6) ASCEND {A}{SC}{END}
DOWN
1 Item from a-la-carte factories (8) ARTEFACT [T]
2 Complete peg? A small amount with two thirds of ale (8) TEETOTAL {TEE}{TOT}{AL
3 Healthy report (5) SOUND [DD]
5 Conditions around some Sicilian covers (7) INSURES {IN{S
6 Help irrigate a remote place (9) BACKWATER {BACK}{WATER}
7 Oh! King is an old man (6) GEEZER {GEEZ}{ER}
8 Like announcement to repeat a shot on the set (4,2) TAKE TO (~ take two)
9 Bit code length (6) MORSEL {MORSE}{L}
15 Sickened by no use-by date being published (9) NAUSEATED {NA}{USE}{DATE*}
17 Chat counter (8) CONVERSE [DD]
18 Relative to Greece and Russia's agreement on Germany (8) GRANDAD {GR}{AND}{DA}{D}
20 Measure hand of railway worker (7) YARDMAN {YARD}{MAN}
21 Beating in a safe house (6) HIDING [DD]
22 Pick up a small volume to record on Tuesday (6) ACCEPT {A}{CC}{EP}{T}
23 Occupy eastern wing (6) ANNEXE {ANNEX}{E}
25 Wines for pawns (5) HOCKS [DD]
GRID
A welcome Sunnet offering- pangram as usual- nicely themed. Thank you.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteTop right corner took time in completing.
Geezer & shrewdest held me up also. So was granddad.
DeleteFamiliar with 'de' (of the French), but 'Des' was new to me. So was smoked=cured.
ReplyDeleteNice one! Could get quay and geezer only because I knew this was a Pangram
ReplyDeleteAdditional clue like in *ed clues?
ReplyDeleteThe sunniest from Sunnet. CONFERRED constructed cunningly. MISBEGOT is mischievously made.SOUND resonated healthily and pithily ! Thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks Sunnet.
ReplyDeleteI wonder, on a crossie like this so painstakingly compiled why we have only 6 appearances. What makes a crossie inspire 30-40 on any other day and only 6 on a day like this? The All India Transport strike?
No disputes, no controversies. Everyone enjoying quietly.
ReplyDeleteI can't think of anything better except that many of the regulars are missing.
Maybe- something as weird as transport strike.