CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES Across

9 Serious at the back (5) 10 Signals do wander and slide (9) 11 Old-fashioned, taking mice problem to be greatly reduced (9) 12 Furnish European with witty remark (5) 13 If in trouble, the borders are limited (6) 14 Less serious about rector being nicer (8) 16 Meanwhile during tenure, get one in (7) 18 Smoke can infuriate (7) 20 Leave citizens to disclose secrets (2,6) 22 Lads in ruin find some rock (6) 25 Without stopping in vertical position (2,3) 26 Banal tour organised in city (4,5) 28 Pilot orating wildly about a victory (9) 29 Suit for discos (5)

Down

1 Availed oneself of American journalist (4) 2 Cleric cracked a code by noon (6) 3 Airman to develop as a film-maker (8) 4 A portal made of stone (5) 5 Brian swam after porridge, being an idiot (9) 6 Positioning affects space and time (6) 7 Trendy mix of Eastern and Western tea, say (8) 8 Top policeman is a snake (10) 13 Reasonable cause to see entertaining site (10) 15 Friendship with large union shows vagueness (9) 17 Have typo corrected – it’s unstable (3-5) 19 Financial incentive to have key tree returned (8) 21 Bishop nowadays to encourage swine (3,3) 23 Clever as a well-stocked gallery (6) 24 Prohibit getting one registered as a youngster (5) 27 Starts to regret underwhelming supper, keeping biscuit (4)