The Sunday Crossword No 3044, Sunday 21 Apr 2019

ACROSS
1   If you insist, play in a forest (2,3,4,2) AS YOU LIKE IT [DD]
7   Indubitably, at heart, it's something boring (3) BIT [T]
9   Lousy home with messy pet (5) INEPT {IN}{PET*}
10 Intend to exact originally unusual punishment (9) DETENTION {INTEND+TO+Exact}*
11 I wondered about what ducks have to offer us (9) EIDERDOWN*
12 The Sound of Silence: a musical composition (5) PIECE (~peace)
13 Most of haggis cooked as dinner, English put out (7) INNARDS {AS+DINNeR}*
15 Serving of steak without a drop of béarnaise elicits a mood (4) TONE T-bONE
18 Latest developments from all directions? (4) NEWS {N}{E}{W}{S}
20 Although it's proper, it's never given (7) SURNAME [CD]
23 Around four to twelve rounds, usually (5) ABOUT {A}{BOUT}
24 Onboard, staring madly, finding guidance from the heavens (4,5) STAR SIGNS {STARING}* in {SS}
26 In email, make a big deal of fervent felicitations without wacky font (9) ITALICISE fELICItATIonS*
27 Detailed plan, provider of focus (5) SPECS [DD]
28 Receive guests every now and then (3) GET GuEsTs
29 Before winning, cheerful team makes an order to a chef (5,4,2) SUNNY SIDE UP {SUNNY}{SIDE}{UP}

DOWN
1   Roughly around one, easiest for me (2,1,3,2) AS I SEE IT {EASIEST}* around {1}
2   Giving up losing weight, flourishing after a short year (8) YIELDING {Year}{wIELDING}
3   Absolute state (5) UTTER [DD]
4   Nothing Rodin's sculpted is safe from the weather (7) INDOORS {O+RODINS}*
5   About time: former partner in court, never to be seen again (7) EXTINCT {EX}{T}{IN}{CT}
6   Can Her Majesty, overlooking a word of refusal, find a chef's helper? (3,6) TIN OPENER {TI{NOPE}N}{ER}
7   Blasphemous in its origin, Brit's exclamation of surprise (6) BLIMEY {Bl...s}{LIMEY}
8   A spot of money cheesy thing's raised (6) TENNER <=
14 With leader absent, environmentalist tests procedures at Cape Canaveral (9) REENTRIES {gREEN}{TRIES}
16 Group of friends being superior to Frenchman? It's mortifying (8) GANGRENE {GANG}{RENE}
17 Having put up with contacts heading off to be introduced, becomes nervous (6,2) TENSES UP {lENSES} in {PUT<=}
19 Fifty minutes lying on a couch - or sitting (7) SESSION [DD]
20 Majestically smart surroundings for famous collection of art (7) STATELY {S{TATE}LY}
21 Describing New York, talk up sandwiches I saw (6) SAYING {G{N{I}Y}AS<=}
22 Movement of Paolozzi, primarily overcoming movement of Riley, primarily (3,3) POP ART {Pa...i}{OP ART}

25 South American welcome offering rice dishes (5) SUSHI {S}{US}{HI}

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