S has the same meaning throughout
Across
1 Counter arguments used
for old burial sites (7) 5 Select actors after school production for internet transmission (7) 9 S is one name adopted by
short bloke (5) 10 Clamps down on reporters employed by rejected visionary (9) 11 Starts off cutting rule
– that’s the limit! (4,5) 12 Obsession of crew needing
first-class return (5) 13 S Merkel’s positive about
Bible (4) 15 S is like this collecting a
wild grass (8) 18 Voting system one’s put in
actual revenge (8) 19 S may be parent full of
energy (4) 22 A name inscribed in record
in accompaniment (5) 24 A shade down on prince, for
example? (5,4) 26 Sailor’s mad aunt left a
spider (9) 27 What’s left of building after
the end of this inferno? (5) 28 Expenses must cover case
of surrogate babies (7) 29 React badly in front of old women and suffer humiliation (3,4)
Down
1 Life is empty after dollar’s
collapse (6) 2 Check condition and
restore rank (9) 3 Tests of ethics when head is
lost (5) 4 Shocks from broadcasting
teacher awards? (9) 5 Fruit picker initially
needing a hand (5) 6 Nod, seeing chap crossing
line in fear (9) 7 Burglar’s only boxing
offence? (5) 8 S may find time when on
staff (6) 14 Turn up in Scottish island
church – that’s conceit (9) 16 Event in which runners
must get stick? (5,4) 17 A trifle that’s available at
the bar (5,4) 20 Indian caught by S? (6) 21 Shout that hurt S (6) 23 Monsters held up by lesser
gods (5) 24 Republican reveals
overwhelming defeats (5) 25 Noted writer’s catalogue
on air (5)
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