Daily Mail Cryptic #16735

2021-12-23

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Across

1a

Hinting a sign in unit should be adjusted (11)

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9a

Rice Sam cooked a bit unevenly at the margins (7)

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10a

Female fan crosses Yankee bridge (7)

11a

Regularly assured woman (3)

12a

Noble medal for organ part (7)

13a

Pulverised coal occasionally raises some heat (7)

14a

Issue melody unfinished (3)

15a

Old Asian city hotel blocks food outlet (5)

17a

First part of choreographer's task (5)

18a

Sheer energy invested in stage (5)

20a

One US city held between 5 and 50 records (5)

22a

Stifle joke (3)

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24a

Coded instructions for mass (7)

25a

Head of zoo leaves SW resort in atonement (7)

26a

Like horse made of wood (3)

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27a

It's obvious I'd entered contest (7)

28a

Terms at Lord’s exceed allotted time (7)

29a

They shut loo out of order in cheap lodging (5,6)

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Down

1d

Protection elected council repays mistakenly (9,6)

2d

Kent female loves getting stuck into a Dutch crab, say (7)

3d

Boss's beginning to explain racket (5)

4d

A couple of fellows notice changes in warmth (9)

5d

It's blissful travelling round in Scilly, divine (7)

6d

HM's representative’s no longer a verger surprisingly (8,7)

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7d

Senior nun's bible oddly is kept in a vessel (6)

8d

Piece of cake - sort of block (6)

16d

Ideal couple adore game (4,5)

18d

Music group don’t delete this captivating record (6)

19d

Standard place for event restricted upstart (7)

21d

Tolerant Russian leader initially tried touring east (7)

23d

We should eat lots of these parts of course (6)

25d

Post Office inspires popular image (5)