CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No 17,005

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ACROSS

1 Interest in a faction’s misplaced (11) 9 Figure getting limited exercise in part of a plant? (7) 10 Group with a Yankee in passage between rows (7) 11 Reasonable but not fine song (3) 12 Charge in detention (7) 13 English garden is trampled around making one irate (7) 14 Go downhill busking in part (3) 15 Workmen need these also, empty lorries (5) 17 Place is revolutionised for exercise (3-2) 18 Fake online diary with line missing by American (5) 20 Schools have these expressions (5) 22 Purpose in road beside motorway (3)24 Permit profligacy (7) 25 Lower pair of grades given by papers (7) 26 By the sound of it, cut colour (3) 27 A very old company retaining poster for fruit (7) 28 Wine and tea linked to endless happiness (7) 29 A flop upset ace, say, making triumphal circuit (3,2,6)

DOWN

1 Perfect home offered by good coach in young women’s institution (9,6) 2 Deal with type getting dismissed (4,3) 3 Special decoration found in nine plays essentially (5) 4 Greek in time sent up chat show host, one with hostile bent (9) 5 Defective drains blocked by new entrails (7) 6 Reveal large newt that’s disturbed itinerant (3,3,9) 7 Criticism over opening of show remains (6) 8 Detective facing Northern Ireland party considered attractive? (4,2) 16 Where one puts a horseshoe, without proper thought? (2,3,4) 18 Poem uncovered about place for filming (6) 19 Device not naturally used by tanners? (7) 21 Concession shown by artist with number for singer (7) 23 Wrongly handle introduction to major issue needing review (6) 25 Dress circle gets a glance (5)