CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across

1. Reserve managed in tropics requires membership fee (12)

8. Let out relative in front of facility (7)

9. Bother at time (not half!) for industrial designer Ettore (7)

11. Board game cut short amid cold period in Hampshire city (10)

12. Support Greek character when cycling? (4)

14. Value too much something recorded in cricket? (8)

16. A new colour scheme for cars in Northern Ireland town (6)

17. Figure with pointed ears in chapel, famously (3)

19. Group of ants in land controlled by another? (6)

21. Curiously rum idea around end of lunch for curler Eve (8)

24. Sound of a swinish sort? (4)

25. Showy pot in ground, site of potential violence? (10)

27. Regularly occurring need possibly with spy chief in charge (7)

28. Feeling shown by

English poet Andrew (7)

29. Elevated settee Ron’s repaired? It’s well suited to person’s tastes (2,4,6)

Down

1. Lack of noise staggered Neil in southern church (7)

2. French boat wrecked beside a shoreline? (10)

3. Wood preservative found by Oscar thus in Greek island (8)

4. Popular book about duke describing a dynasty? (6)

5. Clothes obtained in turn by Bob (4)

6. Charlie captivated by reboot broadcast in part of autumn (7)

7. Coolest award for dancing to come to an end? (4,2,1,5)

10. Digit man in IT formulated, making another fearful? (12)

13. Record extremely posh individual getting an intercom (10)

15. Tree in the Spanish

mountains principally (3)

18. Very particular fellow, American, getting restricted rest abroad (8)

20. Assembled policy supported by Northern Ireland party (5,2)

22. One favouring cream? (7)

23. Sudden quick movements in films (6)

26. Part of boom anticipated in Middle East country (4)