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1 Element Nicholas Gage memoir included in tally (8)

5 Hits hard, sticky secretion in the ear (6)

10 Jostle the Mexican cellist’s accessory (5)

11 Revising the order, Sam is up to “K” (9)

12 Counterfeit artist engaging a collector in search of food (7)

13 Judean official’s exercise regimen (7)

14 Ring tone adapted air, for the most part (8)

16 Far out, regarding dangerous gas (5)

19 A guy spy (5)

21 Shakespearean title character dressed in some metallic stuff (8)

24 Ugly house I’d renovated (7)

26 Charges pursuant to cup of Starbucks products (7)

27 De Mille and I captivated by silent fireworks material (9)

28 Put up or tear down, according to the listener (5)

29 Endlessly talk about track and field event (6)

30 A can clad in purple metal (8)

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1 Graf appearing in surrealist effigy (6)

2 Playboy series involving Ernie’s pal and myself (9)

3 Modern-day spiritualist we anger, horsing around (3,4)

4 Superior meal, after the start (5)

6 “Con artist” corrected the slur (7)

7 Eastwood, chief of Carmel fuzz (5)

8 TV family boys: grasping little rascals (8)

9 Hurry up, playing set point (4,2,2)

15 Bum asking to hide (8)

17 Kind of wine also carried by grocery section continuously (9)

18 Understood craze about Tory’s foremost residence (8)

20 Author confused with Emerson, principally? (7)

22 Selfish outlook, if terms changed (2,5)

23 Prize Lauder makeup, initially (6)

25 Get vapour out of a French painter (5)

26 Saharan transport arrived and left (5)