ALAN LEE’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO. 484

Across

1 I’m close to chicken. (4) 3 Bad posture from being half soused, outside, ages ago. (10) 10 Underline a thin portion. (5) 11 Tiny particles ruin notes in composition. (9) 12 Schedule back issue on board. (9) 13 Wind makes surf cover top of embankment. (5) 14 Bind returned components. (5) 16 Bird on blockhouse at settling of accounts. (3,3,3) 19 Substantial soldier keeps opening eyes. (9) 20 Deadlocked without last man having points. (5) 22 Pal in a jam. I gotta help. (5) 24 Seeing gate open, hobble along and perform. (9) 26 Inseparable criminals. (5,4) 27 Actor blows top in storm. (5) 28 and 29 Perform Spring rite. Get grease changed in limo. (4,6,4)

Down

1 Records take time. (7) 2 Married an awkward Valentine card signer. (2,7) 4 and 24 Audibly moan near mirror, having dinner drink. (4,2,3,5) 5 and 17 You speak, I listen, right? (5,7,2) 6 Point and cheer for starch plant. (9) 7 Country will understand you. (5) 8 Set disc to “Play” and analyze. (7) 9 Exhausted a quantity of liquor. (4) 15 State will jump all over ex-president. (9) 17 See 5 down 18 Begin a TSN broadcast with Williams’s gear. (6,3) 19 Opportunist gets illness around hospital. (7) 21 Pause when told on golf courses. (7) 23 One above average gets everything. (2,3) 24 See 4 down 25 Travel under water with this stick. (4)