Friday 19 June

Across

1 Bowl of hot stuff with foul smell (6) 4 Outspoken choice to be in love with ring combatant (7) 9 Techie wordsmith holds advanced degree (9) 10 Having special powers but uncrowned, like ancient Greeks (5) 11 Mr. Young’s beef? (5) 12 Language of sections of Rio eschewing contrived alliteration (4,5) 13 Renewal letter includes payment aid (1-6) 15 Remnants of reversal of Jewish ritual? (6) 17 Blonde, blue-eyed detectives and Harry’s pal lying about (6) 19 Promiscuous sort of small bird? (7) 22 Thick-headed Genevan philosopher’s collection of bride’s clothing (9) 24 Java, lacking kick, stood up to West (5) 26 Beast with one horn that’s deformed (5) 27 A migrant’s developed popular app (9) 28 Spa location uncovered in part of squalid digs (7) 29 Faction of Minnesota legislature recalled dessert (6)

Down

1 Underhand tactic, fudging flaw before time’s up (7) 2 Early Porsche development: frontiers of UV waves on spyware (2,3) 3 Bane: where kidneys may be found? (4,5) 4 Breathily said: ‘Arsenic’s taken and bootlegged’ (7) 5 Stick ice cubes in prime minister’s rear? (5) 6 Deadbeat, leaderless knight errant to pursue mobster? Duck! (2-7) 7 Withdraw from drunken trance (6) 8 Probe small hovel? (6) 14 Defender in a game point (9) 16 Three vitamins removed from balanced diet, unwise fix-up (5,4) 18 Drug dealer shortened Eastern undergarment (7) 19 Obliterate vegetable (6) 20 Moral of deviant: ‘That’s hilarious!’ (7) 21 PM expels head of monarchy, a rude sort (6) 23 Looms spinning at reduced speed (3-2) 25 Around 5/9ths of what biorhythms are (5)