DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
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1 A ship to Nicosia refreshed clubs (12) 8 Oscar Disney rejected in America for ‘Bandits’ (7) 9 Old German rockets in awfully poor condition (7) 11 It exudes fluid and wet gas, possibly around Lima (5,5) 12 Plants do it with inadequate liquid treatment at first (4) 14 Risk swallowing a sort of mint (8) 16 Old Greek city’s role in South America (6) 17 It may fill a page perhaps in diary oddly (3) 19 Agent’s over in Moscow store to acquire mineral (6) 21 Worried about sister, occasionally showed affection (8) 24 Roman poet’s old Vatican papers (4) 25 Version of vicar’s hits in their record collection? (10) 27 Top half of bikini reversed? Objections voiced in ME farm (7) 28 I am going to get over students’ hostility (3,4) 29 For each lad, Indian city volunteers approved diplomat (7,5)
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1 An annoying person’s place in Belgium (7) 2 Marshal can’t get US to restrict Republican weapon (10) 3 Lawyer’s work involves deals with a company (8) 4 Add a very quiet finale (6) 5 Press club (4) 6 More curious about one making bigger racket (7) 7 Brown bread on it for king after drinking his health (8,4) 10 Bizarrely, only this lad managed to impress university (12) 13 Superior force applied to a former African country (5,5) 15 Reported shortage in varnish ingredient (3) 18 Island in Florida’s given up night arranged for sailing (8) 20 Prince likely to be amenable (7) 22 Italian poetic form isn’t difficult in the main (7) 23 Like food in Iceland for new sort of meditation (6) 26 Seabirds and what might catch them up (4)