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PUZZLE 14718

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Leasing - or releasing (7,3) 6 She’s found in a wild rave (4) 10 Drops of water (5) 11 Later both get involved with a union (9) 12 Now proud; then undone before the fall (8) 13 The ultimate goal for an astronaut (5) 15 Inexperience produces the wrong answers (7) 17 Miss Day is involved in upsets (7) 19 Soaked in the deepest concoction (7) 21 Dollar and pound required for cloth (7) 22 It must be back before the tenth (5) 24 Guard sent to a breached line (8) 27 One wouldn’t credit such transactions (4,5) 28 Sign for some scales (5) 29 Swing - that’s what killers did in olden days (4) 30 Seer? (10)

DOWN

1 Being loud when in the wrong (4) 2 A sad relation (4,2,3) 3 More than one ghostwriter (5) 4 Famous sculptor of apes (7) 5 Said to have issued currency (7) 7 Three might be such a number (5) 8 Nevertheless shows no distinctive qualities (3,3,4) 9 Forces in conflict though connected with the law (8) 14 Brazen fixers that really mean business (5,5) 16 Wild sprees? That’s nice (8) 18 Willing? That’s nice (9) 20 Sid mounts game show (7) 21 Crew observed in cutter (4-3) 23 A bit of discrimination (5) 25 A piece of land is granted to a tenant (5) 26 Very low perch (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Daringly innovative (5-5) 6 Manner of walking (4) 10 Unwind (5) 11 Exact copy (9) 12 Heavy fall of rain (8) 13 Actuality (5) 15 Make impossible (7) 17 Least possible (7) 19 Dismiss dishonourably (7) 21 Broad-brimmed high-crowned hat (7) 22 Depress (5) 24 Mutual animosity (8) 27 Handling (9) 28 Friendship (5) 29 Croupier’s implement (4) 30 Consider and reconsider (5,5)

DOWN

1 Distinctive atmosphere (4) 2 Everyone who arrives (3,6) 3 Poison of organic origin (5) 4 An open insult (7) 5 Propriety (7) 7 Goodbye (5) 8 Conform strictly to a rule (3,3,4) 9 Meagre remuneration (8) 14 Financial risk-taker (10) 16 Go to live in another country (8) 18 Italy’s Fascist premier 1922-43 (9) 20 Give new vigour to (7) 21 A rich English cheese (7) 23 Cause infliction of (5) 25 Religious pamphlet (5) 26 Person of specified character (4)