Crossword

EL SERENO

Most clues are normal. 6 of them have no definition, but the wordplay gives the correct answer. The answers do have one thing about them. A word can be added to give an extended solution. Please write this word under the completed grid.

Across

1 Worker rejected in

agricultural locations? (6) 4 Worked out the price on a ton and made an approach (8) 10 Celebrity attendant

welcomes royal offspring (9) 11 Father’s personal

expression (5) 12 Bloke must have one for a

company like this (4) 13 Converting bitcoin? Rash without a condition such as this (10) 15 Group of three attempt to

hold onto one record (7) 16 Prisoner with the German

finding shade (6) 19 Agreement could see a son

transported (6) 21 City company only

employing Greeks at first (7) 23 Put drone out, to capture politician, needing no encouragement (10) 25 Doctor working a very long

time? (4) 27 Facilities needed in case of

believed royal ancestry (5) 28 Moving past those with

expedition (4-5) 29 Date seen on monkey

tree (8) 30 Run in hose as fireman’s

requirement? (6)

Down

1 A town must support limit

for role (8) 2 Hooligans see resistance

cutting new air links (9) 3 Eagerly expecting golf in

part of India on the rise (4) 5 In knockout competition, be inclined to sweep the board (5,2) 6 Unorthodox perhaps like

Humpty Dumpty? (3,3,4) 7 Pair of trunks exposed

swimmer (5) 8 Attractive girl eating a

new 21d (6) 9 Pretty sharp about

appearance (6) 14 No remedy - or bouncing

cheque perhaps! (5,5) 17 Heartily deny having made

money before paying tax (9) 18 Check on grass taken up for

such a creature (8) 20 Pinch place, given promotion for such a ball skill (7) 21 Newsmen regularly underpinning revolutionary course (6) 22 Fish needing to dry up (6) 24 Introduction from expert on origins of electric magnet (5) 26 UN agency given a directive

to stop (4)

The word is ___________

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