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DFA Cryptic Crossword

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION Across:

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1 Vibes. 4 Camisole. 9 Leaseholde­r. 10 Eon. 11 Essence. 12 Accrete. 14 Aperitif. 15 Foible. 18 Pretty. 19 Butter up. 21 Academe. 23 Gallant. 26 Set. 27 Plain-spoken. 28 Orangery. 29 Lodge.

1.Valve. 2 Brassiere. 3 Stein. 4 Choleric. 5 Median. 6 Struck out. 7 Liege. 8 Knee-deep. 13 Appraise. 14 In the open. 16 Baracked. 17 Burgundy. 20 Regale. 22 Astir. 24 Lapel. 25 Tinge. 1 School's harder program for outstandin­g student (6,7) 10 Caught by flexible vine, perhaps (7) 11 Fill in for record length in athletic competitio­n (7) 12 Stick together with blockhead (4) 13 Youngster got adult, originally, to measure out perfume (10) 15 No longer missing anything from full board and lodging (3,5) 16 Daze of a drunken sort, used to keep high (6) 19 Disgrace that Greek character hung around the front of temple (6) 20 Party soul or rundown and wretched? (8) 23 Ample basis for changing what's blocked? (10) 25 Track back to fabricator (4) 27 Dropping in on mission (7) 28 Stick around to give an edge to radio program (5-2) 29 Watersheds going off capes (7,6) 2 After half an hour I survey and join endless masses of people (3,6) 3 Claim plot overthrew tsar, to start with (4) 4 Bucking trend, sit on grating (8) 5 Club a turbulent cleric (6) 6 Hostility to work on site (10) 7 A track in the water or on one's toes? (5) 8 A Communist leader joins a spy organisati­on as a plant (6) 9 One side of the paper ruled, at the top, for college head (6) 14 Percentage of an officer's appointmen­t (10) 17 Made vendor tip off the frugal (9) 18 Sweet twist to swallowing the tablet, bringing it back up (8) 19 Change of direction at the tip of the cow's tail (6) 21 Was an informer about to prod inside dress? (6) 22 Judge elicited groan with legalese, for example (6) 24 For starters, people included liver and uncooked heads in the dish (5) 26 Raised wetlands above central African desert (4)

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