Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS

1 Grate pickle (6)

4 Broad smile initially, then visibly upset? (8)

10 Mark joins club with scowl (9) 11 Inviting contempt in the end, a dirty abode (5)

12 Uninspired outside right?

No! (7)

13 Justify first of ideas in ditched strategy? (7)

14 Composition being shown in cinema (5)

15 Change around odd bits of loin, sent back for butcher (8) 18 Exciting story embraced by Queen, accommodating type? (8)

20 Relative idiot scratching head having bagged first in

Latin (5)

23 Close, don’t open without locks (7)

25 Horrible secret locations: time to escape! (7)

26 Energy member invested in expression of surprise (5) 27 European anger now, I suspect (9)

28 So, perhaps rain wets various things? (8)

29 A mushroom with the other ingredients? (2, 4)

DOWN

1 Wrong dose ain’t calming someone down (8)

2 What’s left in reserve, I expected (7)

3 Maybe he’s topping cake with no filling, say (9)

5 County doctors were choristers (14)

6 Polish off attack having dispensed with leader (3, 2)

7 Tick in street, tiny creature (7) 8 An article supporting fellow somewhere in South America (6)

9 One floored by cleaner? That’s painful (10, 4)

16 A strip under bottom of small washer (9)

17 Private parking north of New Orleans (8)

19 Boaters in Ransome novel (7) 21 Dessert that’s superior, cold inside (4, 3)

22 Powerful businessmen working in pubs (6) 24 Located in file, the registration number (5)