Independent Cryptic #11371

2023-03-23

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Across

1a

Leaves boat renovated by Carnegie's first company (7)

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5a

Potassium - what a hawthorn absorbs or dry grass (7)

9a

Military vehicle and a Royal Marine alongside remote university racecourse (11)

10a

Title of manuscript about the start of Romanticism (3)

11a

Rock music's beginning to be stifled by high-frequency sound (7)

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12a

On giving up love and gold French police inspector is ascetic (7)

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13a

Busy journalist goes after 3 seconds (6)

15a

Disturbed the heads of nine departments in huge organisation (8)

17a

Translating Croatian article about a fisherman? (8)

19a

Inform against two people (6)

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22a

It's bubbly and sweet Mexican beer that gets sprayed around (7)

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23a

Irish copper wearing hat is DA possibly (7)

26a

Clay became this piece of magisterial intaglio (3)

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27a

Drug a politician before he starts to trigger atomic bomb (11)

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28a

Made corrections to the first half of Emma then stopped (7)

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29a

Sheep set loose west of American city of old (7)

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Down

1d

Raise your glass to a good woman (5)

2d

Returning alumnus (yours truly) eating second-rate ice-cream (5)

3d

Fragment of artichoke heart on roll (7)

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4d

Expressions of surprise and approval from Scotsman when delivered flowers (6)

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5d

Penguin feather was stuck in dandy's cap to attain this style (8)

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6d

Smiley antagonist killing liberal near northern part of chilly city (7)

7d

German personnel taking umbrage animatedly (9)

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8d

Band ruin the end of 'Get Ready' a song from the 60s (9)

13d

Jam produced by monk according to the Reverend's pronouncement (9)

14d

It's smoked cheese stuffed with tips of asparagus and rye seed (9)

16d

Bashed part of building - a column? (8)

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18d

Hot yellow sauce that comes with 3 primarily rather than topside of meat (7)

20d

Create memorial and record it on top of a pub (7)

21d

Make this from milk that's expressed by photographic model (6)

24d

Old American TV show about fruit (5)

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25d

In the woods these 3 sons ditch heroin (5)