City Times

cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1 Report into dairy substitute that’s eaten with cheese (5,7) 8 Maureen is 10 and slightly wet (7) 9 Stewpot broadcast dance music (3-4) 11 Seeing red kangaroo’s way of moving nuts (7,3) 12 Formerly the first word in children’s story (4) 14 Repel vessel with a wake initially blocking river (4,4) 16 English golfer, colleague of Marx (6) 17 18 encloses a plan (3) 19 Apprentice doesn’t start but he’s getting paid (6) 21 I stop job at a quarter past four, that’s certain (8) 24 Atom bomb’s resting place (4) 25 Equip some with a novel that’s somewhat obscure (4-6) 27 Record poem about one special event (7) 28 Gradually introduces popular cuts in reverse order (7) 29 When to celebrate the Easter Rising? (9,3)

DOWN

1 For instance, the Cutty Sark’s barber? (7) 2 Disentangl­ed European tax credit incorrectl­y (10) 3 It appears on posh napkin, or gammon after cooking (8) 4 Ceremony adopted by spirituali­sts (6) 5 Start to carve piece of wood, making block (4) 6 Understand­ing only some of incoherent entertainm­ent (7) 7 Current success here is limiting at the Colosseum, say (12) 10 Media notice label on parachute? (5,7) 13 Ailing spine is odd after manipulati­on (10) 15 Buy a poodle, getting this from it? (3) 18 Parliament­arian’s disease masks habitual spasm (8) 20 Fashion seminar carries on (7) 22 Modern monarch’s one-track investigat­ion? (7) 23 Secluded spot for MPS’ holiday (6) 26 Spray tights (4)

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