Otago Daily Times

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. Entertaini­ng floor show is open to view on board vessel (7)

5. Lubricates dodgy gears stressed at the centre (7)

9. See 19 Down

10. Sharing role played by a master (9)

11. Vehicle check started badly outside front of office (4,4)

12. Catch deer with young in retreat (6)

14 & 7 Down. Leaf spotted in sticky rice agitated sophistica­ted urbanite (4,7)

15. They are made to handle hot stuff on stage performers (8)

18. Most intelligen­t sheep returned before examinatio­n (8)

20. Faction in Jaipur dumped official national language (4)

24. Make a mistake with joiner’s commission (6)

25. Maintain ages with statistics (8)

27. High-flying performer is first to enter in music catalogue (9)

28. One day journalist may be electrocut­ed (5)

29. Heroin user giving up American money (7)

30. Weight watchers stop working and rest uneasily (7)

DOWN

1. Clothes hanger company designed with a rail (8)

2. Anyone tripped up in stoppage time should be upbeat (7)

3. Alter revised conclusion of the report (6)

4. Needlework samples shown at the end of videos (10)

5. Clothes are in short supply in Great Britain (4)

6. Clear cave up with a ute manufactur­ed in a special way (8)

7. See 14 Across

8. Endorsed study American soldiers set up (6)

13. Lid tied on both sides of vat, gripped (10)

16. Eucalyptus bug holding on next to watering hole (8)

17. Coach, picked up by teams, settles down (8)

19 & 9 Across. Ring after a rumour unveiled a French nuclear testing location (7,5) 21. I am into variety of great jazz music (7)

22. Tracks came together too briefly (6)

23. Time to go through child’s play (6)

26. Bar fixed up one trying to sell pork pies (4)

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