16a wipe out bird in select group e-i---a-e
and
20d adopt little telepathy (esp?)on the river -s-o---
29a writing about departure in progress (7) -n---o-...
so ... Kate Mepham has responded in kind to 'her' early-day moaners, and now sets a much harder crossword; a challenge even to conferences of AB site users; .... I wonder how many other Telegraph...