Daily Mail Cryptic #16852

2022-06-06

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Across

1a

Basic guidelines for hitch-hiker? (5,2,5)

8a

Question consecutive notes about cheese (7)

9a

Bewildered birds occupying part of garden (7)

11a

State of writer wasting hours at one of 12 (10)

12a

Man's eating soft fruit (4)

14a

Inspect youth clutching old lawyer's work (8)

16a

Criticised what forty-niners did? (6)

17a

Outcome of injury in 'The Quiet American'? (3)

19a

Nasty atmosphere among Bohemia’s Magyars (6)

21a

Picked up two items golfer uses as well as drink (5,3)

24a

Delightful place on the Riviera (4)

25a

Harry felt envied for throwing the hammer maybe (5,5)

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27a

Brief expertise with one daily carrier in the Alps? (3,4)

28a

Savings, say, hidden in gents stupidly (4,3)

29a

Looting lead position? That's out of order (12)

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Down

1d

Refunds fees English bishop introduced (7)

2d

'Boil on flame (reduced)' - rough guide to cooking this? (4,2,4)

3d

Flatter washer? (4,4)

4d

Stuff crab if dressed (6)

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5d

Mound's height increased to conceal motorway (4)

6d

Fail to catch one operating NASA project (7)

7d

Notice building material in vehicles for promotions (12)

10d

Data given out about unfortunate snag (12)

13d

Pianist father and daughter were about to go downhill perhaps (10)

15d

Supplier of milk and fertiliser withholding name (3)

18d

Larks in a troubled state in Asia (3,5)

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20d

Record library this writer's added to vault (7)

22d

Inside that is the right one for Berliners (7)

23d

Part of plant, reportedly a deadly piece (6)

26d

Hobble miles in border (4)