cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Contacted by phone, caught

express (3,7)

6 Experts: card sharks, primarily

(4)

9 American, after drink, quietly fell over in children's play area? (6,4)

10 Some crocodiles around

open-air pool (4)

12 Come to watch (4)

13 Finely chop heart for pie

filling (9)

15 Often visit common (8)

16 Recalled a better article

about large animal (6)

18 Basin and toilet with a nasty

smell (6)

20 Article about family's

philosophy (8)

23 Study a French instrument in

puzzle (9)

24 Free duck and swan (4)

26 I try to describe a villainous

Shakespearean character (4)

27 Sensitive police officer unlikely to claim after pressure applied (10)

28 Boring student starts to

name each ruddy dog! (4)

29 Protested heatedly, as Adam

and Eve did? (6,4)

DOWN

1 Hollywood star discarding old

clothes (4)

2 String round lamb cooked in

meat dish? (7)

3 Stay-at-home dad has unused

hob worked out? (5,7)

4 Performing with US rock group, also inside awaiting a hearing (2,6)

5 Grand circular stadium (6)

7 Idle fancy about that man,

English artist (7)

8 Like some weapons Grant repositioned in land bordering the sea (5,5)

11 In the loop, newly employed

fellow minder (4,8)

14 Suffering in Florida during a

romance (10)

17 Quiet leisurely walk ending in

horrendous fiasco (8)

19 Condiment given a shaking,

right? (7)

21 Ship heading off with Spanish aunt showing a tendency to do nothing (7)

22 Pottery in horse-drawn

Russian carriage (6)

25 Examine small tin (4)