The Star Early Edition

Double Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Mooring to clean off a mass of accumulate­d stuff (14) 10 See pet story bucked convention­al images (11) 11 Yield to pressure of wind coming from the wrong direction (3) 12 Shell of a northern town (4) 13 Leave dregs in a state of shallow swampiness (10) 15 Discreet chap doubled switch to lamp (8) 16 Last of the litter in the den was strong and vigorous (6) 19 Favourite friend turned to follow (6) 21 Some of the listeners count, so be diverting! (8) 24 This cairn’s built by believers (10) 25 About face outside a base in the Pacific (4) 27 Firm delivering first of the fish (3) 28 Lacking any computing capacity? Hardly! (3,1,3,2,2) 29 Alternativ­ely, where to count from six to ten? (2,3,5,4)

DOWN

2 Reach beyond work that incorporat­ed Ravel’s compositio­n (7) 3 High spirits from the far side of housing shelter (4) 4 Ring Vatican organisati­on for an ancient Roman leader (8) 5 Use power to keep power handy (6) 6 By all means attuned to use by all (10) 7 Apple product said to be beneath fashionabl­e staff member (7) 8 Ethiopian monarch of a different genus (5) 9 Plant phased out old phase (8) 14 None’s knocked twice if business-like (2-8) 17 You set off finally, with small child, to the American wilderness (8) 18 Blast and blame what’s deserving of blame (8) 20 Ripe, roughly round, mark on green stone (7) 22 Spooner’s bolted container of tuna (7) 23 Allude to battered tin hat (4,2) 24 Roughly double and nothing for a chocolate producer (5) 26 Eighth character to ditch cover of Constant Craving (4)

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