Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
1 | YELLOW STREAK | |
Quality of chicken store well treated in talk (6,6) | Anagram of STORE WELL inside YAK | |
9 | DIGITAL | |
Really like it all largely available in electronic form (7) | DIG + IT + (AL)L | |
10 | BAR NONE | |
To a man a farm building must be next to one (3,4) | BARN + ONE | |
11 | THEORY | |
Helium forming minor part of conservative hypothesis (6) | HE inside TORY | |
12 | IRONCLAD | |
Very strict club (and clubs) dealt with youngster (8) | IRON + C + LAD | |
14 | DONER KEBAB | |
Accomplished baker cooked starter of brilliant Middle Eastern food (5,5) | DONE + anagram of BAKER + (B)RILLIANT | |
16 | EDEN | |
Residents of NZ entered paradise? (4) | enzED ENtered | |
18 | RARE | |
Bloody exceptional (4) | Double Definition | |
19 | FIELD EVENT | |
Shot put, say, lifted awkwardly across square (5,5) | Anagram of LIFTED outside EVEN | |
22 | PRESENTS | |
Leading member of parish is offended by offerings (8) | (P)ARISH + RESENTS | |
23 | AT EASE | |
A drink, followed by sex, mostly is relaxed (2,4) | A + TEA + (SE)X | |
26 | CRIMSON | |
Crook family member is flushed (7) | CRIM + SON | |
27 | IN A WORD | |
One on ward suffering disorder briefly (2,1,4) | I + anagram of ON WARD | |
28 | SPACE BLANKET | |
Step clear wearing regular warm clothing (5,7) | (PACE + BLANK) inside SET | |
Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
2 | EAGLE | |
Each golfer regularly recorded shot on course (5) | EA + (G)o(L)f(E)r | |
3 | LITERARY | |
Learned final part of testimony after ordering of retrial (8) | TESTIMON(Y) after anagram of RETRIAL | |
4 | WOLF | |
Playboy issue turned up (4) | FLOW reversed | |
5 | TABERNACLE | |
Celebrant prepared outside a place of worship (10) | Anagram of CELEBRANT outside A | |
6 | ERRING | |
Sleeper, say, with a piece missing, is slipping (6) | EARRING minus A | |
7 | KNOWLEDGE | |
King immediately left border with specific information (9) | K + NOW + L + EDGE | |
8 | SEND ON | |
Forward’s goal guarded by local lad (4,2) | END inside SON | |
9 | DATED | |
Square is late getting up, taking time (5) | DEAD reversed outside T | |
13 | RESISTANCE | |
Opposition’s rise changed a point of view (10) | Anagram of RISE + STANCE | |
15 | NURSERIES | |
Plant growers run back and forth? (9) | RUN reversed + SERIES (synonym for RUN) | |
17 | RESTRAIN | |
Check wet weather after time of little activity (8) | RAIN after REST | |
18 | REPACK | |
Restore music collection kept in stand (6) | EP inside RACK | |
20 | TREND | |
Fashion centres in Britain and Australia close (5) | BRI(T)AIN + AUST(R)ALIA + END | |
21 | PERSIA | |
Is agent withdrawn by a division in Asia once? (6) | (IS + REP) reversed + A | |
24 | ADORE | |
Really like a means of access provided by auditor (5) | A + sounds like DOOR | |
25 | TILL | |
Turn over store for money (4) | Double Definition |
Interesting grid this one David.
Nothing to work in corners probably made it more challenging.