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The challenge was thrown out to the FT community by an Australian to construct a crossword with the word "vegemite" in it. I picked up the gauntlet (as I am a true Australian myself) and threw in a few extra foodstuffs for good measure.
Author: 1nn1 - Diff: Harder

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      Across
      1. Oil and egg yolk emulsion with a splash of vinegar or lemon juice
      6. Your food starts here (mostly)
      9. Spiritual leader of Tibetan people. Noted Vegetarian. ____ Lama
      10. Not pleasant places but your meat on your plate starts here
      12. Staffs of Life (6,2,5)
      14. Foodstuff adored by Australians and loathed by just about everyone else
      16. Sheep minder
      17. Cereal grain but only one
      19. Meats cooked by indirect, dry heat, popular on Sundays
      21. Expensive, edible fungi loved by pigs and humans
      23. A type of cell that converts light energy to generate current
      26. Adjacent
      27. Synthetic acrylic fibre trade name
      28. Different or alternative
      29. Communist Party of Kampuchea regime (5,5)

      Down

      1. Most people would have a preference for a home-____ meal
      2. Seasonal cake that resembles wood (4,3)
      3. A man who took a small, dusty step or a large metaphorical one (4,9)
      4. Sweet Italian liqueur, almond flavoured
      5. Tall, cylindrical military cap with optional visor, feather or pom-pom
      7. Absinthe, ouzo and sambuca all taste of this
      8. Misdirect a letter
      11. Eight people need two of these to be seated (6,3,4)
      13. Ubiquitous
      15. Ingest food
      18. You're in trouble if food goes down this tube
      20. Loving
      22. One of "Charlie's Angels" (2000) (4,3)
      24. Vivien, actress, aka Lady Olivier
      25. Ms de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer, four-time Olympic champion and a former world record-holder.