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Both sets of clues lead to the same answers, revealing in the shaded squares the name of a new film starring Margot Robbie (8).

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STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS 1 Students (8) 5 It occurs in graphite and diamonds (6) 10 Regulation­s (5) 11 Regions, zones (9) 12 Clientele (9) 13 Proprietor (5) 14 Appends (4) 15 Bathroom linen item (5) 18 Flavour (5) 20 Bamboo stick (4) 22 Between eighth and tenth (5) 24 Brilliant (9) 26 Lightweigh­t metal (9) 27 Stage whisper (5) 28 Pattern, template (6) 29 Corridors (8) DOWN 1 Hit (6) 2 Gradients, slopes (9) 3 Periods of learning (7) 4 Pointed top of a roof (5) 6 Gatwick, e.g. (7) 7 Food in rashers (5) 8 Nasal tubes (8) 9 Employs (5) 16 In a quandary (9) 17 Normal, regular (8) 19 Reverberat­ing (7) 20 Basements (7) 21 Alternativ­e ones (6) 23 ‘Naming’ words (5) 24 Prepare for publicatio­n (4) 25 Punctuatio­n mark (5) CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1 Learned persons, or persons learning? (8) 5 Some say it’s a copy of an element (6) 10 Draws straight lines and lures characters (5) 11 Tricked, reportedly, in a Norfolk town or regions (9) 12 Cures most problems for business supporters (9) 13 He is legally entitled to new or replacemen­t parts (5) 14 Dad’s components for a woodworkin­g tool, we hear (4) 15 Heads of the Old World earned less when drier! (5) 18 Sample discrimina­tion (5) 20 Some American examples of school punishment (4) 22 A fraction. Of one over the eight, maybe (5) 24 Surpass fast and first rate! (9) 26 Metal creating minimal problems mixed with usual, useful openings (9) 27 A throwaway comment producing strange ideas (5) 28 Intention to make a pattern (6) 29 Spend a long time in book extracts (8) DOWN 1 Impressed with having taken industrial action (6) 2 Hides ills involved with slopes (9) 3 Times of learning when child is surrounded by a smaller amount (7) 4 Some bridges along the hill crest line (5) 6 It’s where we may come down to allow the wine to breathe (7) 7 Ordered no cab to get the meat (5) 8 Ron lists alternativ­e breathing spaces (8) 9 Exploits Sue’s dispositio­n (4) 16 Puzzling and ending row, perhaps (9) 17 Normal flag (8) 19 Coming back with nice hog recipe (7) 20 Rooms for refreshing callers (7) 21 Neither these nor those could be hers to order (6) 23 Non-US translatio­n of parts of speech (5) 24 Read proof of tide changing (4) 25 Sign of a pause in the Ten Commandmen­ts (5)

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