Times Cryptic #28296

2022-05-21

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Across

1a

Perhaps one vaccinating rabbit (6)

4a

Critical of media, paper needing to lose content (8)

10a

Barney's fish on edges of water (7)

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11a

Will one dog sound like a cat, maintaining appeal? (7)

12a

Hitch from eastern parts of city to Park Avenue (4)

13a

At sea, navy stops a lot of corrupt drama (5,5)

15a

US writer has May the 1st in England (9)

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16a

Current, cooler clothing article returned in a mess (5)

18a

Kind and clever person, not yours truly! (5)

19a

Kicks after stripping off in stormy Baltic? It may tempt surfer (9)

21a

Officer, low grade failure, shows how to kick horse, say (4,6)

23a

One dealing shadily in big cheeses from the east (4)

26a

Like parking stop, which may be on the road (7)

27a

One runs through big road turning, with light run (7)

28a

Keep speaking with a painter for so long (8)

29a

Axe that evenly slices possibly crude meat (6)

Down

1d

Johnny heartlessly pinches hooter, showing a lot of cheek (5)

2d

During Prohibition, wants whiskey in dark pen? (5,4)

3d

So king admitted to self-importance (4)

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5d

Put off ruler, recoiling before something seedy (7)

6d

Composer of verse in struggle with broadcaster (10)

7d

Batting, keeping score up, one could do this to The Ashes (5)

8d

Someone able to translate emigrant's novel (9)

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9d

Note ingredient of cheese gets thrown up (6)

14d

For fun, one chills G&T, welcoming entertainer with precipitation (5,5)

15d

Grade A is wasted on some students (4-5)

17d

A better piano with jazz vocalist's singing style (1,8)

19d

Keeper, Chelsea's No. 1, raised game before a right back seizes ball (7)

20d

Pacific Island right by nice ground (6)

22d

Slap for lacking manners (5)

24d

Area surrounded by six sides seen by many people? (5)

25d

Before kiss, take off top (4)

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