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ACROSS

1 Pedestrian approach to equestrian hybridisin­g (5,8) 10 Gold altar is desecrated in the country (9) 11 Colour of oxygen, as it happens (5) 12 Sweetheart and the shooter of the arrow, say (4) 13 Charge medic in TNT explosion (10) 15 Establish majority in the midst of genuine censure (8) 16 Attacker beheading and butchering rare bird (6) 19 Spread the word through publicity for every one (6) 20 Puts in a new line where angler is put off (8) 23 Not twisted enough, they say, for organised crime (10) 25 Limits of bandwidth in town (4) 27 Tongue twisting contents of diorama (5) 28 Curative powers of heart-rending tarts (9) 29 Smoker’s waste may get cutter a bit crooked (9,4)

DOWN

2 I see pay as poor, though it’s certainly not rocket science (4,2,3) 3 Bloody section of the infrared spectrum (4) 4 List of dates when vehicle circles a rail terminal before another terminal (8) 5 Plant a cross that’s raised in free soil (6) 6 Lacks football gear, outside of the pitch (10) 7 Burst a vein that’s wet behind the ears (5) 8 Cycle with warning light on curve in the road (6) 9 First pope to admit last rites can drive one round the bend (6) 14 Fold up and work into cancer (10) 17 Opinionate­d type suffered stigma of splitting the atom (9) 18 He will corrupt the unwavering (4-4) 19 My lump turned out be affected by sound (6) 21 Rock school is kind of square (6) 22 Swelling after unveiling new compound of nitrogen (6) 24 Sweltering in double cotton clothing from India (5) 26 Press box’s opening the door, on the side (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: - 1 Strand. 5 Cut off. 10 Commonplac­e. 11 Sue. 12 Bull. 13 Staggering. 15 Parlance. 16 Wangle. 18 Embody. 20 Toboggan. 23 Throne room. 24 Pimp. 27 Gas. 28 Anaestheti­c. 29 Paddle. 30 Shrank.

Down: - 2 Tumbler. 3 Amok. 4 Dipstick. 5 Charge. 6 The Lebanon. 7 Fasting. 8 Scab. 9 Pea-green. 14 Hand in hand. 15 Prestige. 17 Colossus. 19 Barista. 21 Glisten. 22 Arcade. 25 Peck. 26 Thor.

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