The Star E-dition

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Friends taken aback with delight by amorous play (4,3,6)

10 Hairstyle provided cover for straight item every day (3,4)

11 Nut to cage oddly plain bird with a big bill (7)

12 Greenish plan to recycle (10)

13 Sounds like just the ticket (4)

15 Laid back when coiled in tangles (6)

17 Volatile troupe in violent display of emotion (8)

19 Siding with an inner layer, we hear (8)

20 Pinned fern evenly with the top of the top notch (6)

23 Fortune of the corpulent oriental (4)

24 Toy arm has too bizarre an interior to overlook (10)

27 Japanese arrangements to boycott entry to Swedish stores (7)

28 Poet secured topless girl to post on the dock (7)

29 Coach and cast gather help in spreading news (4,9)

DOWN

2 Grub to roast, originally in hot rocks (5)

3 Straight from the shoulder with the head clear (5-5)

4 Less feeling than a pop song? (6)

5 Used as pretty wall hanging (8)

6 Little cow showed a bit of leg (4)

7 Countervailed trade being done without making a profit (9)

8 Livened up but looked about a hundred (6)

9 Trainee had endless spell inside hotel (6)

14 Cricketer provided poser in lbw controversy (4,6)

16 Pieces of ice ran out for orange drink (9)

18 International body agreed conflict was juvenile (8)

19 Raffia weaving business (6)

21 Lecture the faint-hearted during line of work (6)

22 Functional rug trimmed with fur (6)

25 Ultimately despondent inclination of vagrant (5)

26 Stab and punch (4)

THE XFILES

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