CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Large birds tucked into bed caused puzzlement (7) 5 Bad dream is wrongly interpreted (7) 9 Difficulties set up by what we own (7) 10 Length of row on a higher level (7) 11 Parts of beds this guy tosses in (grasping swine) (10) 12 The south of France going through humid interval (4) 14 Roman god was resting on decorative vase (6) 15 Awakening company, start to move in old sports car (6,2) 17 I grope in disheveled bathrobe (8) 19 Guard southern door (6) 22 Wander through mangroves (4) 23 Monica’s sin disturbed people with trouble sleeping (10) 26 Playing golf, run an eighth of a mile (7) 27 Artist is single, embraced by companion (7) 28 Geezer accepting the woman’s cigar (7) 29 Relaxed in a chair around end of weekend (7) DOWN 1 Sleeping place’s origin, according to word of mouth (5) 2 Wandering Russian fighter let off steam (7) 3 Sleeping head of state sawing logs? (10) 4 I’m sad, wretched, low, and gloomy (6) 5 First person left poem about instrument (8) 6 Son of a sleeper, perhaps (4) 7 Passing out, getting roused when out cold? (7) 8 Make Room One Conservative’s sleeping quarters (9) 13 Concealed around Swiss city, had some food and slept a lot? (10) 14 Sip of “Rico” rum is sleepinducing (9) 16 Sparse and poorly lit around green, back when the day begins (8) 18 Opposite the way poetry is written? (7) 20 Start in reworked passage (7) 21 Periods of deep sleep interrupted by minute signals to pause (6) 24 Amphetamine abysses seen in retrospect (5) 25 Child with love for fictional dog (4)

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