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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Pays a visit, after some persuasion? (5,5) 6 Produced common money, we hear (4) 10 Foals are frisky after a tonic, perhaps (3-2) 11 Treat wage adjustment as US political scandal (9) 12 Mould ice and store in secret (8) 13 Superfluous oil wells (5) 15 Possibly sold one some Chinese food (7) 17 Waiting for mass (7) 19 Be in force and overcome (7) 21 A group that is seen in abbreviated spectacles (7) 22 It can result when many stampede (5) 24 Looking horrible, so urge me to make changes (8) 27 Watchful braves not seen around (9) 28 A relationship that breaks up a trio (5) 29 Ties for position (4) 30 Censorious writer? (4,6)
DOWN
1 Found everyone playing (4) 2 Emil’s note may be informative to a traveller (9) 3 Open tarts, perhaps (5) 4 In positions of hospital duty, getting ahead (7) 5 Section reserved for reviews (7) 7 True capital of Moroccan kingdom (5) 8 Feeling for the right gear (5,5) 9 Soft substitute for jam (8) 14 NCO stripes for police officers (10) 16 To arrange the relay is hard (8) 18 Crazy about Mum, in a manner of speaking (9) 20 Haul on the canvas to speed the sailor (7) 21 Sink a vessel carrying coal (7) 23 Rather annoyed when overturned (5) 25 Russian material? (5) 26 Check key lubricant (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Indian Ocean island republic (10) 6 Biting comment (4) 10 Twelve (5) 11 Highly significant (9) 12 Liquefy (8) 13 Private teacher (5) 15 Mistakenly (2,5) 17 Sleep peacefully (7) 19 Use thriftily (7) 21 Official reports (7) 22 Allow to enter (5) 24 A salad plant (8) 27 Mouth organ (9) 28 Woman’s brimless hat (5) 29 Government (4) 30 In direct confrontation (4-2-4)
DOWN
1 Way of doing (4) 2 Vertigo (9) 3 Class (5) 4 Like (7) 5 Lacking purpose (7) 7 On all sides (5) 8 Unexpectedly (2,8) 9 Give order to (8) 14 Large domestic appliance (10) 16 Opposition to change (8) 18 Ludicrous imitation (9) 20 Deteriorate (7) 21 Name of three English kings (7) 23 Ethical (5) 25 Maxim (5) 26 Large group of cattle (4)