Genius crossword 383

el sereno

Five clues have no definition, but have one thing in common.

Across

1 Mince has cooked, as first

half of meal (8,4,2) 10 River enterprise requiring

no effort (5) 11 Workers needing time on a

pitch (9) 12 Plant may be different

covered in lead (7) 13 Makes a pile from

degenerates at home (5,2) 14 Survives through backing diabolical horses, ultimately (5) 16 The Spanish board must accept European Community being potential winner of plebiscite (9) 19 Teacher promoting a

mother (9) 20 Collects knocks, absorbing

energy (5) 22 Collapses from responsibility and sleeps intermittently (7) 25 Writer of revised book kept in unfinished part of church (7) 27 With no restraints - and German is outside to take offence (9) 28 Plunging neckline? (5) 29 Weed found in pastor’s

bag (9,5)

Down

2 E-numbers perhaps may

see diva’s diet change (9) 3 Speed of Virgin must be

topped (5) 4 Father’s mother eats a lolly

- this with curry! (4,5) 5 Clean, cold, bitter

outside (5) 6 Curry perhaps with fish

covered in wild rice (3-6) 7 Quits, yet still on top (5) 8 Understanding adolescent enterprises to a limited extent (7) 9 Banish detective, with shift

cut short (6) 15 Food offered by inconsiderate pronouncedly drunk? (9) 17 Furies fateful day supporting Brussels workers! (9) 18 Jet trail on western sky (5,4) 19 Shady areas in London

ports? (7) 21 Council vote is rigged (6) 23 Telegraph’s lead? (5) 24 Some suffer a loss going

north (5) 26 Embargo put on you in

French language! (5)

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