Cryptic crossword No 929
Mon 9 Jan 2023, set byMaya
Special Instructions: We've moved house from one end of the country to the other, so ... belated Christmas greetings!
Across
- Creator of 19's sheltering steed if injured (for a 27) (6,7)
- Curse a sword with six semicircular petals (8)
- Egg on leader against hesitation (4)
- King and knight produce a loud wailing noise (5)
- Periods of shock, say (4)
- Rewriting eastern news, with first half going west (7)
- "Pleasant in Isles of Scilly?" Diana holds back (7)
- See 33
- Conductor of me and you and that woman (5)
- Appears in a 27 with 8 - left pound in island with Old Man (5)
- See 5d
- Hill sheep rebel against a small quantity being docked (7)
- Badmouth revolutionary guile by Italian leader (7)
- What kings followed thing I saw three of? They could go far (9)
- See 29
- Frisk a bird (4)
- 27 acknowledge song is rock (4,4,9)
- See 5d
Down
- Giant slayer's dead greedy (5)
- Corporal's so romantic, taking out Ron (7)
- Lack of difficulty is as seen, confusingly (8)
- Rushing around King, the Greek goddess left marvellous gladness for a 27 (4,3,6,6,4)
- Spot marker and a jolly uniform location for poetic palace (6)
- See 1a
- John drops spin, appears in a 27 with 20 (3)
- The perfect way for me to play cards? (5)
- Yes, chat about craft (5)
- Era caught in rising expectation (5)
- A Christmas saint removed defective personal magnetism (8)
- Pried all the time, going into predecessor of Zeppelin (7)
- Warning - Spooner's escaped haze (3,4)
- I 'as toff over a small tree (6)
- She's the motor lubricant, not I! (5)
- See 5
- Company backing anything from Yorkshire (3)
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