Otago Daily Times

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. Dry crust formed on the outside of a river beetle (6)

5. Company selected elements of Holden’s emblem (8)

9. Leading American claiming right to provoke old Australian criminal (10)

10. Make out attendant leaving main deck (4)

11. Plant originally consumed by terribly fragile animal in the wild (5,3)

12. Strong reprimand is horrible after the start (6)

13. Ingredient­s of sachet, when refined, should be pure (6)

15. Backed a top English conservati­ve given to procrastin­ation (8)

17. One resting, sorted out fire starters (8)

20. Provisions made by six joiners (6)

22. Queen involved in renewed plea for a memorial tablet (6)

24. Drop off video sent with no time stamp (4,4)

26. Thick skin of orange poisoned Shrek, for example? (4)

27. A steel moulded in constructi­on of quality property (4,6)

28. Point the finger at cause of annoyance in backward places (6,2)

29. Bloomers like hybrid rose growing on banks of rivers (6)

DOWN

2. Give rise to leader of union involved in lawsuit (5)

3. Warms up all of her cooked food (7)

4. Curse Spanish male in charge (9)

5. English antique is unavailabl­e (7)

6. Sudden increase in power is good in firm (5)

7. Service one held up in metropolit­an mosque tower (7)

8. Queer lad wandering around clubs sporting a shiner (9)

14. Feature in “The Sun” maybe (9)

16. Passionate performanc­e is not, truly, even close (4,5)

18. Ordered antiques after a proper investigat­ion (7)

19. Drain outside north Los Angeles could be browner (7)

21. University entered into arrangemen­t of adroit and specialise­d accountant (7)

23. Planet is heading off famine (5)

25. Reverend admitting to standing up one on the electoral roll (5)

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