The Sunday Crossword No 3054, Sunday 30 Jun 2019

ACROSS
1   Decrepit elders recite 'Cheese!' (3,9) RED LEICESTER*

10 Inaccuracy with 'vertical' crossword clue – get 'horizontal' (3,4) LIE DOWN {LIE}{DOWN}
11 Corrupt cartel gets around Europe with flattery (7) TREACLE {TR{E}ACLE*}
12 Chosen few among Pre-Raphaelites (5) ELITE [T]
13 In their oddly endless hollow time (8) INTERVAL {IN}{ThEiR}{VALe}
15 'Gone out to lunch': register describes one; that's open to question (10) NEGOTIABLE {GONE*}{T{1}ABLE} Why 'to lunch'?
16 'Cultivated' Greece? That's disgusting! (4) GREW {GR}{EW}
18 Feature of posh garden that I find amusing (2-2) HA-HA [DD]
20 Disagreeable novel, Blue Vienna (10) UNENVIABLE*
22 Fiendish rogue's done for (8) FINISHED*
24 Online annoyance rambles endlessly (5) TROLL sTROLLs
26 Revue's act reformed, covering up nude (7)  CABARET {CA{BARE}T*}
27 'Atonement' writer McEwan regularly lost, confused (7) PENANCE {PEN}{mCEwAN}*
28 Air essentially unchanged for centuries!? Environmental group reportedly splits (12) GREENSLEEVES {GREENS}{LEEVES}(~ leaves)



DOWN
2   Levelling the score late in the day (7) EVENING [DD]
3   Was dependent on throne? King Edward finally wasn't so (6,2) LOOKED TO {LOO}{K}{ED}{w..nT}{sO}
4   Scandinavians barring French in hostelries (4) INNS fINNS
5   'Capturing in sneaky net': fishing (10) ENTANGLING {NET*}{ANGLING}
6   Overheard: those people are in that place (5) THERE (~their)
7   Bible class to screen rally (7) RECOVER {RE}{COVER}
8   Furious with unethical beef production (4,2,3,4) BLUE IN THE FACE*
9   Cry 'that hurt!', with beer gut prone to wobbling (6-7) YELLOW-BELLIED {YELL}{OW}{BELLIED}
14 Pelted by storms, Aintree ban racing (4-6) RAIN-BEATEN*
17 Reserve is tackling in front with ball gaining possession (8) DISTANCE {D{IS}{Ta...g}ANCE}
19 Thatcher was associated with one worker getting sack (7) HANDBAG {HAND}{BAG}
21 Disciplined youngster with fattening food (7) BROWNIE [DD]
23 Offer up nonsense verse (5) SERVE*
25 Episcopalian's concealed precious jewel (4) OPAL [T]

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