CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across 1. Leeds guy, say, annoys many hikers gathering gold (12) 8. Italian person from English region, not north (7) 9. Warning left next to medical department (7) 11. Character in Athens marketing mason’s work (10) 12. In public library ring twice for Kitty (4) 14. School cereal comes with variable mush (8) 16. Mended fences, ready to go out? (4,2) 17. A little drink simmering in pot originally (3) 19. Like Iceland’s food for different Japanese school (6) 21. I look into ornate pot for pepper (8) 24. Writer’s following line, as it happens (4) 25. Former England goalie’s cool skill with craft (10) 27. Distance covered reversing, say, a cart (7) 28. Salt — it’s what late shift earns, I hear (7) 29. Faculty of hound, selfless one running over motorway (5,2,5) Down 1. His boy crudely grabs book, like aggressive youth (7) 2. Row about editor involving judge mentioned again (10) 3. One way to raise underclothes (8) 4. Loom, one with repair taking in last of warp (6) 5. Peer almost ahead of schedule (4) 6. Stunning amateur ladies nearly crush bridge players (7) 7. American raised carbon tax, entirely with good results (12) 10. Autocue let Peter broadcast over concert (12) 13. Fancy ornate item that’s got strings attached (10) 15. US form of address appearing in Nazi propaganda (3) 18. Pork breeders regularly test paint bases (8) 20. Mostly manage to keep British monarch’s head here (7) 22. Aztec, for example, arranged a hunt round a lake (7) 23. Love supporting event organised in Italian region (6) 26. Crazy fly-by nights? (4)