A good opener from Buzzer, the NE corner had me buzzing around for a while.
ACROSS
1 Dog on
moon? That's a
rarity (5)
CURIO {CUR}{IO}
4 Need
judge during end
game (9)
BLACKJACK {B{LACK}{J}ACK}
9
Kitchen appliance given by generous
donator (7)
TANDOOR*
10 Value of a pick-up truck (7) UTILITY [DD]
11 Showing respect for icon I set out to follow his lead (9) HONORIFIC {His}{FOR+ICON+I}*
12 Branch office primarily in the middle of nowhere (5) LIMBO {LIMB}{O}
13 Small money bag (6) POCKET [DD]
15 Forecast carried by
newspaper edition
stirred public opinion (8)
FOMENTED {F{OMEN}T}{ED}
18 Dispose of sarong very cheaply (3,1,4) FOR A SONG*
19 Beef tongue say (6) MUSCLE [DD]
22 Scales that are uncalibrated to some extent (5) LIBRA [T]
24 Second hand, dilapidated divan taken in without due consideration (9) UNADVISED {U{DIVAN*}SED}
26 Riding
bike to get articles for
flower show (7)
IKEBANA {BIKE*}{AN}{A}
27 A first-class pulsating climax mostly gets praise (7) ACCLAIM {A}{C}{CLIMAx*}
28 One function church trust put together in earnest (9) SINCERELY {SIN}{CE}{RELY}
29 Reason soldier is restricted by line of control (5) LOGIC {LO{GI}C}
DOWN
1 Mug goes round attending church to bring oneself up to date (5,2) CATCH UP {C{AT}{CH} UP}
2 Trimming/cutting corners leads to an argument (3-2) RUN-IN pRUN-INg
3 Going round Lourdes so unappealing in a sense (9) ODOURLESS*
4 Wanting to live on the outskirts of Frankfurt (6) BEREFT {BE}{RE}{FrankfurT}
5 When
caught in marriage it is
capital (8)
ASUNCION {AS}{UN{C}ION}
6
Kipper — extremely bad
seafood (5)
KRILL {K
ippeR}{ILL}
7
A cricket team's mantra over
a third of the
game is
self-evident (9)
AXIOMATIC {A}{XI}{OM}{A}{TIC
-tac-toe}
8 It is needed to decipher vital part of a sentence (3,4) KEY WORD [CD]
14 Sea crab I hit on the head (9) CARIBBEAN {CRAB+I}*{BEAN}
16 English queen, one said to be questionable (9) EQUIVOCAL {E}{QU}{1}{VOCAL}
17 Brood over united cabinet reshuffle (8) INCUBATE {U+CABINET}*
18 Duke of Edinburgh announced special incentives (7) FILLIPS (~philip){FILLIP}{S}
20 Rare medicine, not one that is prevalent (7) ENDEMIC MEDiCINE*
21 Happy to accept casual host (6) GALAXY {GA{LAX}Y}
23 Answer to puzzle comes as surprise (5) AMAZE {A}{MAZE}
25 Jargon intoned without learning initially (5) SLANG {S{L}ANG}
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