CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 Misbehaving pupil’s action results in petition (12) 8 Talk endlessly about old projectile at sea (7) 9 Finish gallery first to get an unexpected bonus (7) 11 Boffin hires international crew to do research (10) 12 Oscar precedes this old man (4) 14 Daughter called number back when required (2,6) 16 Grim call about odd characters in semi (6) 17 Trail turns out wet initially (3) 19 Sibling sits awkwardly next to monarch (6) 21 All the holes on course or a majority? (8) 24 Long hard excellent cases (4) 25 Pretty pics transformed screenplay perhaps (10) 27 Preparation of mural has to be modified (7) 28 Joy’s kinsman’s first to depart (7) 29 County doctor and head embody old American greed (12)
DOWN
1 Barred journey in southeast Germany (7) 2 IT worker in favour of school broadcast (10) 3 Popular writer’s fast absorbing embrocation (8) 4 Persuasive businessman (6) 5 Clear up at midday occasionally (4) 6 How to bowl very nearly a rare maiden after duck (7) 7 I set off chaff everywhere for top RAF officer (5,2,5) 10 I got landline fixed, indicated by this sound? (8,4) 13 He got chain realigned, producing more power (4-6) 15 Regularly drove deer (3) 18 On which LW series is broadcast (8) 20 Lively piece audibly overlooks nothing (7) 22 The Spanish Inland Revenue Service seizes 9 potions (7) 23 Who displays lots of energy? Many do after training (6) 26 In Paris I secured one period (4)
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