Times 26202

[bigdave1954]

Last few - these might help me complete the puzzle.
27a To produce a larger harvest, perhaps, a sudden occurrence (7) O?T????
29a Not the first show of colour spread out about one (9) R?D?S????

TIA

[scorpiojo]

Outcrop
Red I splay

[bigdave1954]

Thanks very much. I thought 27a might be OUTCROP but don't get the wordplay. Finished now anyway.

[scorpiojo]

out•crop (n. ˈaʊtˌkrɒp; v. ˌaʊtˈkrɒp)

n., v. -cropped, -crop•ping. n.
1.
a. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth.
b. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
2. something that emerges suddenly or violently in the manner of an outcrop; outbreak.