The Sunday Crossword, Sunday 02 Apr 2017

ACROSS
1   Pamphlet lacking right sensitivity (4) TACT TrACT
3   Pro, present before noon, excused (8) FORGIVEN {FOR}{GIVE}{N}
10 Enduring ring receiving private backing (9) PERENNIAL {PE{INNER<=}AL}
11 Drama about time beginning for convict in nick (5) NOTCH {NO{T}{Co...t}H}
12 Film in city following line of people (9,6) CROCODILE DUNDEE {CROCODILE} {DUNDEE}
13 French wine consumed by composer feeling sorrow (8) GRIEVING {GRIE{VIN}G}
14 Allow appeal after wave (6) PERMIT {PERM}{IT}
16 Environmentalists in meagre ensemble (6) GREENS [T]
17 Resistance during ritual shaken by new test (5,3) TRIAL RUN {TRIAL {R}U*}{N}
20 Wife pounds clothing in huge pails, badly short of energy and detergent (7-2,6) WASHING-UP LIQUID {W}{IN+HUGe+PAILS}*{QUID}
23 Projection? Hard to cut rent (5) THORN {T{H}ORN}
24 Clear about proportion in campaign (9) OPERATION {OPE{RATIO}N}
25 Thankful to take cover, lying back in grass (8) RELIEVED {RE{VEIL<=}ED}
26 Feather mostly purple (4) PLUM PLUMe

DOWN
1   One caught after leading question (5) TOPIC {TOP}{1}{C}
2   Lifting mask, in essence, is damaging (9) CORROSIVE {COR{VISOR<=}E}
4   Idea from sleuth, breaking bulb (7) OPINION {O{PI}NION}
5   Favourable record written up before retreat (6) GOLDEN {LOG<=}{DEN}
6   Summarise, in change of tune, vital funding for new business (7,7) VENTURE CAPITAL {RE CAP} in {TUNE+VITAL}*
7   Famous piece of music with depth (5) NOTED {NOTE}{D}
8   Strange place occupied by nuns in alliance with Capone? (14) UNCONVENTIONAL {UN{CONVENT}ION}{AL}
9   Endanger number, supporting spoliation of earth (8) THREATEN {EARTH}*{TEN}
13 Measure of power mostly absent in performance, dry (8) GIGAWATT {GIG}{AWAy}{TT}
15 Spymaster with cruel air, terribly volatile (9) MERCURIAL {M}{CRUEL+AIR}*
18 Satisfied agent with tons in shelter (7) REPLETE {REP}{LE{T}E}
19 Disregard good number seized by rage (6) IGNORE {I{G}{NO}RE}
21 Search, getting bad-tempered, catching cold (5) SCOUR {S{C}OUR}
22 Material dug up (5) DENIM <=

No 11970, Saturday 1 Apr 2017, Incognito

ACROSS

1   O utstanding old movies, for example, show Catholic girl with Indian Civil Service leaders (8) CLASSICS {C}{LASS}{Indian}{Civil}{Service}
5   N asty UN mail for old boys (6) ALUMNI {UN+MAIL}*
10 L anguage used in Ealing outskirts (5) LINGO (T)
11 Y ou may use this to scour and, I hear, purloin animal fibre (5,4) STEEL WOOL {~STEAL WOOL}
12 F arm implement 4 reassembled in front of that man (6) SCYTHE {CYST*}{HE}

13 O rdered, "Tie it, gal. For Sue" (8) LITIGATE {TIE+IT+GAL}*
15 O verride and reconstruct ulna around the end of the olecranon (5) ANNUL {ULNA}* around {olecranoN}
17 L eader turns tide, with love and money in the Gulf (9) EDITORIAL {TIDE}*{O}{RIAL}
19 S hip, say, Melba toast prepared without using lard, for starters (9) STEAMBOAT {MELBA+TOAST-Lard}*
20 C hronologically coordinate on-air transgression by China (5) SYNCH {~SIN}{CH}
21 A n item of food contains bromine — makes brainy (8) CEREBRAL {CERE{BR}AL}
23 N ote: Femur's fractured around this ligament (6) FRENUM {N+FEMUR}*
27 S tar-burst followed by a Mongol ruler to Xacitarxan (9) ASTRAKHAN {STAR}*{A}{KHAN}

28 P aper printed every day ... sick lady uses some ink (5) DAILY {LADY+Ink}*
29 O rganise haphazardly without option for reducing difficulties (6) EASING {orGANISE}*
30 T averns store a tankard primarily for some titled persons (8) BARONETS {BAR{ONE Tankards}S}

DOWN

1   T hroat, nose and lung problems military officer presented before surgeon (5) COLDS {COL}{DS}
2   H ammered can. Anyone displays irritation? (9) ANNOYANCE {CAN+ANYONE}*
3   I ndolence of an animal found in Oslo thickets (5) SLOTH (MD/T)
4   S ac contains yellow slimy tick, for starters (4) CYST (Acrostic)
6   G rilled chicken preparations made by Fathers carrying money for auditor (9) LOLLIPOPS {~LOLLY}{POPS}

7   R eady money can be obtained from Mongolia after selling gin cocktail (5) MOOLA {MONGOLIA-{GIN*}}
8   I ndisposition of bad li'l student hiding in grassland (3,6) ILL HEALTH {LI'L}* {HEA{L}TH}
9   D omestic violence, for example, is an issue taken up by these people organising sit-ins after lady gives up drink (9) FEMINISTS {FEMale}{SIT-INS}*
14 S tone cap is destroyed around primarily historic monuments (9) CENOTAPHS {STONE+CAPS}* around {Historic}
15 M ate donkey and hybrid coati with a bit of enthusiasm (9) ASSOCIATE {ASS}{COATI}*{Enthusiasm}
16 E xcited, Chamberlain shoved out Chinese idiot (9) LAMEBRAIN {chAMBERLAIN}*
18 S ome sort of thruster made by genii having neon compound (3,6) ION ENGINE {GENII+NEON}*
22 S orrows of old hurt badly and start to sadden (5)  RUTHS {HURT}*{Sadden}
24 A wireless set found in Conrad, Iowa (5) RADIO (T)
25 G reat South Americans worked out astronomical year without erroneous correlation (5) MAYAS {ASTONOMICAL+YEAR-{CORRELATION*}}*
26 E ast Anglian king's twelve pies (4) ANNA (DD)

Reference list

Catholic=C, That man=He, Love=O, China=Ch, Bromine=Br, Note=N, Option=Or, A=One
Military Officer=Col, Surgeon=DS, Student=L(Learner)

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