The Herald Cryptic Puzzle

Answers in next Saturday’s Herald

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1. Set ham out in river (6) 4. Angelic phase Ric faked (8) 10. One ridge rat shaken and washed (9) 11. Woman from Japan: I. Tamiko (5) 12. Part of day, I hear, in sad state (8) 13. Use of drill that’s dull (6) 14. Cloaks covered points (5) 16. Dump niece: spoiled sauce (9) 19. Discussion of music utility, including initial response (9) 21. Symbol of military power: weapon’s edge in arrangement of rods (5) 23. “Medical Examiner” article: shrewd but very small (6) 24. Is back about ring, not off to get onion (8) 27. Animals eating quarter of dice (5) 28. Not moving crushed tin canoe around 5:00 (3-6) 29. Half the hordes in place! Quiet! Go around! (8) 30. Somewhat ambitious: her smiling attendants (6) 1. Cut around union to a degree, grabbed key and won (9) 2. August rodeo evacuated and German stranded (7) 3. Colonel G.I. neatly “contains” Manitoba town (5) 5. Expires mid-avenue, down south (4) 6. A North American studies about, yes, Russian snakes (9) 7. Second casserole in buffet: semi-Syrian and West Indian (7) 8. Group agenda #2 is sound (5) 9. Tighter string tangled around central pier (8) 15. Rude “Slosh! Slosh!” in joints (9) 17. Extremely cold joining together around top of Rockies (8) 18. Gran needs varied risks (9) 20. Contaminated “AIDS Net” destroyed (7) 22. Oregon provided cool opening (7) 23. 1000 refs to “disease” (5) 25. Beats slick mess (5) 26. Preconception carries past (4)