Cryptic Crossword 1-4

Theme: Bird Idioms

Across:

1 Chicken Feed, K (King), E (Edward), N (Norway), getting into (insertion), chic (fashionable), dinner (feed), song (def)

7 Pit, back (reversal of), tip (end), recess (def)

9 Salon, son (issue), surrounding (container), Al (Albert), museum (def)

10 Honeytrap, Rap (bob), following (positioned after), hone (buff), naked (deletion of both end letters of) myth, proven tool for gathering intelligence (def)

11 Philippic, Philippines (Eastern country), not (deletion of), NE (North-Eastern and), S (Southern), C (Cuba), tirade (def)

12 Cross, double def

13 Open-air, one (lone), pair (couple), wandering (anagram), wild (def)

15 Show, double def

18 Ibis, Bird (def), originally from (1st letters of), rest is fodder

20 Cold war, W (woman), in (insertion), old car (jalopy), crashed (anagram), police action (def)

23 Exalt, Magnify (def), ex (single), alt (key)

24 Loose ends, Unfinished business (def), loose (debauched), ends (skirts)

26 Anatomize, Break down (def), Amazonite (greenish-blue gemstone), pummelling (anagram)

27 Stone, He..to (fodder), discover (hidden), monument (def)

28 Try, not even (odd letter selection from) tardy, essay (def)

29 Spread-eagle, Spread (break), eagle (2-under par in golf), xenophobic (def)

Down:

1 Cesspool, Sink (def), E (English), SS (Ship), finally (last letter of ship i.e., p), in (insertion), cool (tranquil)

2 Ill-timed, demit (waive), back (reversal), after (position), ill (tragedy), wrong moment (def)

3 Kanji, Japanese writing (def), ka (genius), I (author), touring (container), NJ (state)

4 No-hoper, Crazy (anagram of), or + (alternative), phone (call), a loser (def)

5 Eunuchs, Harem bosses for example (def), anyhow (anagram of), shun (avoid), E (eastern), U (conservative), c (church at first)

6 Day school, most elementary learning institutions for example (def), confused (anagram of), regularly docile (alternate letter selection i.e., DCL) + yahoos

7 Parrot, Repeat (def), par (standard), rot (stupidity)

8 Typist, detailed (last letter deletion of), type (description), ist (first), rest is def

14 Albatross, Millstone (def), Al (state), BAs (graduates), welcoming (container), returning (reversal of), sort (class)

16 Swan song, NS (partners as in bridge), on (performing), breaking (insertion), swag (booty), last hurrah (def)

17 Triskele, Celtic symbol (def), Tele (Far away in ancient Greek), without (container), risk (peril)

19 Soldier, Regular (def), solder (ironwork on the board), limiting (container), I (author)

20 Cholera, Condition (def), chopped-up (anagram of), car (vehicle), housing (container), hole (perforation)

21 Redact, Bleep (def), red (sultry), act (show)

22 Canary, Whistleblower (def), can (stop) a (a), ry (railway)

25 Ensue, succeed (def), in part (hidden), to counter (reversal), rest is fodder