Crossword 29,490

Across

1 Was dwelling given new walls? (7)

5 Plants displayed round a monarch’s houses (7)

9 One blessed Green sucker (5)

10 Dodgy alibi, with connections offering gifts (9)

11 Sample from brochures – is tan cedarwood used for protection? (10)

12 Golf precedes this person’s award (4)

14 Some creep munching gum leaves (12)

18 Send best wishes to Aunt Carol and get drunk (12)

21 Deceased not half needed for undertaking (4)

22 Females comprising more than one resident in 5? (10)

25 Paints, say, old-fashioned parent, one too short (9)

26 Cuddling grandma, that is silly (5)

27 One’s often high during a performance but down after the show (7)

28 Part seen occasionally in ‘stinker’, mag pens in review (7)

Down

1 Nice perhaps and kind about taking the lead (6)

2 Exaggerate accent (6)

3 This kind of clue, by the sound of it, looks on a lower level (10)

4 Short, a film maybe (5)

5 Cardinal rule for a speaker (9) 6 Schoolboy traps the compiler set! (4)

7 Wild Arctic tours I left, showing disapproval (8)

8 Now and then, Seuss writes with energy and tension (8)

13 Get lit weirdly – phone makes one shiny (10)

15 Get in metal to embody a charm (9)

16 Intellectual copyright undermines a rogue record company (8)

17 One creates liquid vintner’s keeping over (8)

19 Possessions stored up in chalet at seaside (6)

20 Advance with a bouquet (6)

23 They smell new – flowers pruned at the top (5)

24 Queen intercepts motorists going over field (4)