Across
1 If you insist, play in a forest (2,3,4,2)
7 Indubitably, at heart, it’s something boring (3)
9 Lousy home with messy pet (5)
10 Intend to exact originally unusual punishment (9)
11 I wondered about what ducks have to offer us (9)
12 The Sound of Silence: a musical composition (5)
13 Most of haggis cooked as dinner, English put out (7)
15 Serving of steak without a drop of béarnaise elicits a mood (4)
18 Latest developments from all directions? (4)
20 Although it’s proper, it’s never given (7)
23 Around four to twelve rounds, usually (5)
24 Onboard, staring madly, finding guidance from the heavens (4,5)
26 In email, make a big deal of fervent felicitations without wacky font (9)
27 Detailed plan, provider of focus (5)
28 Receive guests every now and then (3)
29 Before winning, cheerful team makes an order to a chef (5,4,2)
Down
1 Roughly around one, easiest for me (2,1,3,2)
2 Giving up losing weight, flourishing after a short year (8)
3 Absolute state (5)
4 Nothing Rodin’s sculpted is safe from the weather (7)
5 About time: former partner in court, never to be seen again (7)
6 Can Her Majesty, overlooking a word of refusal, find a chef’s helper? (3,6)
7 Blasphemous in its origin, Brit’s exclamation of surprise (6)
8 A spot of money cheesy thing’s raised (6)
14 With leader absent, environmentalist tests procedures at Cape Canaveral (9)
16 Group of friends being superior to Frenchman? It’s mortifying (8)
17 Having put up with contacts heading off to be introduced, becomes nervous (6,2)
19 Fifty minutes lying on a couch - or sitting (7)
20 Majestically smart surroundings for famous collection of art (7)
21 Describing New York, talk up sandwichesI saw (6)
22 Movement of Paolozzi, primarily overcoming movement of Riley, primarily (3,3)
25 South American welcome offering rice dishes (5)
Published - April 20, 2019 04:09 pm IST