Otago Daily Times

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS 1. Laughed like a hen at lack of change in return of December (7) 5. Look at the tub that may give one a clearer view (7) 9. Strengthen rupee with free coin distributi­on (9) 10. Circus performer left in place or right five-bob piece (5) 11. Discipline of horses with Dee put out to grass (8) 12. Capital offence committed by famous racehorse’s comeback (6) 14. Small model figure for astute non-drinker to start entering (9) 16. Supplement­ed it with about five hundred - dead wrong! (5) 17. Was father, but is going back looking embarrasse­d (5) 19. Ship, liner, going around East without one to fill up again (9) 21. Tell one if morn is breaking (6) 22. Begin by having fat: frost changes that (5,3) 26. Exact likeness of one game for a change (5) 27. However stale they may be, the methods (9) 28. Ceaseless negative from France post-Revolution (7) 29. They bring money in when novice drivers get decapitate­d (7)

DOWN 1. Took middle out of record right away (5) 2. Wild fancy made one sort of care about him (7) 3. They go up and down and increase wearer’s height (5) 4. Injurious, being gored and turned over by a Conservati­ve (10) 5. Not so many lose their head in jug (4) 6. Inspire one to run with Coe, disrupted by age (9) 7. Dodged a vacuum with middle removed from end (7) 8. .01, 99 having gone before (9) 13. Are to put Pete out to keep going (10) 14. An inkling of a sip cousin might take (9) 15. Was subjected to new red nut mixture (9) 18. Don’t allow oneself to be a burden in music (7) 20. A lot is different to the East and will set it apart (7) 23. Mechanical part that goes round and round, up and down (5) 24. Safety devices in circuits one loudly employs (5) 25. Aircraft control may give rise to panic (4)

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