CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
No 17,294
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ACROSS
1 Peter milled around getting grumpy (3-8)
9 Iguana roaming around front in this Caribbean island (7)
10 Former spokesperson in Devon town (7)
11 Graduate beginning to survey farm in southern France (3)
12 Forces spoiling soccer around Spain (7)
13 Lives awkwardly with the French in Spanish city (7)
14 Things linked to autumn half concealed in meadow (3)
15 On reflection, a secure climbing plant (5)
17 Dosh forms enticement to trap Conservative (5)
18 Fasten again ends of another rope put by most of bank? (5)
20 Scare right away in boxing event (5)
22 Fool rejected money (3)
24 Market before an official launch reels manufactured within place (3-4)
25 Start to care about opening in religious house (7)
26 Anger found among firemen (3)
27 Model scene I love when in play (7)
28 A road in Rome to river for one in charge of a plane (7)
29 Replay of nine battles in indoor sport (5,6)
DOWN
1 Steer triathlons in a different way ultimately (2,3,4,6)
2 Record I term largely marked by sound reasoning (7)
3 Old article and manuscript in tests at school (5)
4 Papers with joke about northern dragoon? (5-4)
5 Eviction putting Victor in terrible morale (7)
6 Engineer concludes reboot for musical compositions (6,9)
7 Drop some American cellists (6)
8 Sentimental quality in dairy food (6)
16 A fine set of papers about leader of industry at subsidiary body? (9)
18 A swim held up in extreme parts of restless, fast-flowing part of a river? (6)
19 Young farm animal and tree, we hear, left by a doctor (3-4)
21 Stress in notes for analysis (7)
23 Turkic people are much appreciated sailors (6)
25 Stop European taking part in legal event (5)
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