Double Crossword
1 Hail cooking except for the fish (7) 5 Angry about true decrepitude that came of age (7) 9 Try to impress and paints our building (3,2,4) 10 Wild baboon had forsaken love of fat cat (5) 11 Some precedent for paradise (4) 12 Denigration of animated features (10) 14 Shabby central street in a foreign land (6) 15 See ice does melt (7) 18 Male oppressors stand between heads of state (7) 20 Ape clutched a pole in the tree tops (6) 22 Short clear burst from a lot of musicians (10) 24 Orator endlessly rejigged duty list (4) 26 Fight getting the lowest mark after mental test (3-2) 27 Butcher lark during rest break (9) 28 Extremely dirty and repugnant old soap (7) 29 East Bowery derelicts feature on mug (7) DOWN 1 Calligraphy phenomenally reduced punctuation (6) 2 Don't stop her fighting, say, in mail protection (6,3) 3 Hammer and nail's first to be in the sack (4) 4 Stern nurse concealed trouble (4-3) 5 Lost track of island in dismal conditions (7) 6 As good as a mutant, not a monstrosity (10) 7 Jewish leader sat in drab bistro (5) 8 Shot down in flames and thrown out of bed? (8) 13 Rollicking and romping produces bruises, too (10) 16 Profiteer from corrupt oil expert (9) 17 Strange pose handed down to the betrothed (8) 19 Content to have half the weekend with one's family outside (7) 20 After tea, dare playing party game (7) 21 Distant din of a litter of pigs (6) 23 Copper can take another's partner to the dance (3,2) 25 Devil to turn out forgeries, sans serif (4)