Diversions & Puzzles
Clues across
1. John Walker, as he was, got left inside grinder (6) 4. A virtuoso makes a tautological statement like “cold is cold” (7) 9. Many hounds sat when ordered (9) 10. Arizona trade school announced a Mexican empire (5) 11. Implant again could be worse (5) 12. Willy at heart, in front of a flirt, becomes fidgety (3,2,4) 13. Craving to have ad removed in a manner of speaking (7) 15. Ring the bells again for the annulment (6) 17. Clear right to remove the heart of a medical client (6) 19. Become unwell, get nurse around, the last you see (4,3) 22. Step in or enter fire stupidly (9) 24. Frantic after football club’s removed disorganised coach or coaches (5) 26. I got into a panel truck. Like a gander? That too (5) 27. Formerly simultaneously (2,3,4) 28. We drowned in berry crush at the drink factory (7) 29. A grim following at sea (6)
Clues down
1. Aged and felt rude, deceptively (7) 2. Weavers in the toilet with unpublished writing (5) 3. Former English Republican whistle blown (9) 4. A shrewd opportunist hurtles around (7) 5. Drink to a holy person (5) 6. A rundown of the most popular items resulting from the collapse of apartheid (3,6) 7. Food for the chambermaid? (6) 8. Some Greens, ignominiously, may be attached to staff? (6) 14. A section when developed includes large stretch of the shore (9) 16. Futile so slept in foolishly (9) 18. Man they mistook for most people (3,4) 19. Get plumed tussock for double digits (6) 20. Keep one crushed under manure (7) 21. Rabbi when upset takes carbon, an antacid (6) 23. Get up about noon to wash (5) 25. Turn up and raise confusion (5)