The Star Early Edition

CRYPTIC CLUES

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ACROSS

1 Fresh style needs rayon coat (6) 4 Sign to follow jail birds (8) 10 Return passport, say, as paperwork will be lost to view (9) 11 Highest grade of mountain has remained unfinished (5) 12 French woman stripped for the first man to come along (4) 13 Blows the whistle on drunk who's a little the worse for wear (4-6) 15 Send a high ball over money tree (8) 16 Rows over artiest interior design (5) 19 Notes a slight neurosis (5) 20 Freshly minted roughage reversed progress (5,3) 23 Have a stab at rehearsal (3,7) 25 Height of celebrity to inscribe middle name in iron (4) 27 Drug ring copies alumni on the inside (5) 28 Confess and admit to being one (9) 29 Suspect corrosion follows condensati­on (8) 30 Include greed for snaring qualificat­ion (6) DOWN 1 Hare-brained assistant stood in middle of chart (6) 2 Model avoids fur and the opprobrium it brings (9) 3 Ready to eat stomach lining, just not for starters (4) 5 Decline a cup (7) 6 Foul-smelling additive is a waste of aid at sea (10) 7 Drive a frustratin­g mile without parking (5) 8 Swipe fly at the last minute (8) 9 Booklet half-heartedly dealing with death (6) 14 One who swears that amber helps problem (10) 17 Beam later than the day before and until the end of time (4,5) 18 Sounds like pneumatic weaving machine was a family treasure (8) 20 Sneak half a look in public transport at women's clothes (7) 21 Skin managing to regenerate after painful condition (6) 22 Can see trouble in attempt to contact the dead (6) 24 Attaches to tax report (5) 26 Adhesive made every second piece of gilt fuse (4)

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