Across: 1. Backing lithium and copper bond with tip of metal brand as "regulation" additive (9) 6. For each one winning silver, Mossad killed several with this device (5) :9,11. Die cast: this means the end? Oddly, with challenge, could be vacated (5 8) 10. Insensitive, bizarre "fun" having one fish bite head off another (9) 11. see 9 12. Not hard to lose head and endlessly lump together refugees pursuing this (6) 14. International pact essentially reversed, and board was less flexible because of this (4) 16. Arguing over Nessie's accommodation of household employee (9) 18. Dummy who turns up around military base (9) 19. Write in stone "despicable at heart" (4) 22. Another ungulate emerging from caribou rebirth (6) 23. Cultural headwear beginning to be removed after bus turned away from city centre (8) 26. A 2 down musician and Yellow Brick Road musician carrying fish (9) 27. Report of explosion around second of 2s, which could clear things up (5) 28. Long rejected fashions which are eyesores (5) 29. Ben D. R. died, tragically immobilised (9) Down: 1. Famous royal thus framed by fellow in famous city square (7) 2. see 21 3. Gustav's harem upset about line (6) 4. Checks around old city, e.g. at troubled end of the line, for 21 23 2s (10) 5. Metals appearing symbolically in 11 for some re 21 2 17 (others got 9) (4) 6,18dn. Violent terrors seek coups; taking time out they carried explosives in the 21 2 17 (8 7) 7. Ties girls up, which is most awful (9) 8. Schemes see grim destruction (7) 13. Uncovered vase with ends oddly flipped (10) 15. One leads thousands by speech in defiance of ethical norms (9) 17. see 21 18. see 6 down 20. Deadly game with mystery spell? (7) 21,2,17. Quiet temptation which comes from above, quagmires that trap doctor in grim destructive schemes (6 5 8) 24. Vital liquid 17 'let' out of dreadful openings? (5) 25. Pointed attack upsets clubs (4) Solution: METAMUCIL=PAGER| A=R=A=H=I=R=R=E| DEATH=UNFEELING| I=I=L=R=E=S=S=I| SENTENCE=ASYLUM| O===R=H=O=U=I=E| NAIL==GOVERNESS| ==M=B=A=E=E=S==| COMFORTER==ETCH| O=O=M=E=T=M===A| OUREBI=SUBURBAN| K=A=I=S=R=M=L=G| ELLINGTON=BROOM| R=L=G=A=E=A=O=A| STYES=BEDRIDDEN| Name: 910 - Grim Destruction Author: by BenDR Annos-Across: 1. rev( LI + CU + MATE + M(etal) ) 6. AG in PER :9,11. odd letters "DiE cAsT tHiS mEaNs ThE eNd" + C(halleng)E, &lit 10. *FUN + EEL + (l)ING 12. (e)ASY + LUM(p) 14. rev (al)LIAN(ce) 16. tel (arguin)G OVER NESS(ie) 18. FORT in COMER 19. (wr)ETCH(ed) 22. tel (carib)OU REBI(rth) 23. rev( BUS ) + (t)URBAN 26. EL(LING)TON 27. (t)R(ain) in BOOM 28. STY(l)ES 29. *( BEN D R DIED ) Annos-Down: 1. DI SO in MAN 3. L in *HAREM 4. CH UR CH + *( E.G. AT ) 5. LI + FE 6,18dn. *( (t)ERRORS SEEK COUPS ) 7. *( TIES GRILS ) 8. *( SEE GRIM ) 13. OVERT + URN + E(n)D(s) 15. I MM + ORALLY 20. CD 21,2,17. MUM + BAIT + RAIN + BO(MB IN)GS 24. acr( B... Let Out Of Dreadful ) 25. rev( BATS ) Defs-Across: 1. brand as "regulation" additive 6. Mossad killed several with this device :9,11. Die cast: this means the end? Oddly, with challenge, could be vacated (5 8) 10. Insensitive 12. together refugees pursuing this 14. board was less flexible because of this 16. household employee 18. Dummy 19. Write in stone 22. Another ungulate 23. away from city centre 26. A 2 down musician 27. which could clear things up 28. eyesores 29. immobilised Defs-Down: 1. famous city square 3. Gustav 4. end of the line, for 21 23 2s 5. 11 for some re 21 2 17 (others got 9) 6,18dn. they carried explosives in the 21 2 17 7. most awful 8. Schemes 13. flipped 15. in defiance of ethical norms 20. Deadly game with mystery spell? (7) 21,2,17. grim destructive schemes 24. Vital liquid 25. Pointed attack