CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across

1. Use guide, perhaps, to get item familiar to students? (8,4)

8. Best role almost at sea for marine crustacean (7)

9. Scathing military bigwig touring area with American team’s leader (7)

11. Type of Italian sausage in a poor state alarmed lot (10)

12. Some slim acrobat in South American capital (4)

14. Waiter is shifting hanging plant (8)

16. Bestow an award on comedian Stan (6)

17. Long period covered by better amenity (3)

19. Feature of a canal elevated small garage? (4-2)

21. Note time amid activity done with a needle? (8)

24. Unwelcome characteristic in French visionary’s case (4)

25. Mysterious town looms around island in form of TV footage? (4,6)

27. Taking up residence after leaving Latvia’s capital and surroundings (7)

28. Darren’s organised minor tasks? (7)

29. Press notable for representing athlete’s finest feat (8,4)

Down

1. European has impressions about British boards? (7)

2. Minor actor with sense about role ultimately? That’s irrelevant (10)

3. A generic novel for writer Dale (8)

4. Son facing mess first off gets agricultural implement (6)

5. Show strong emotion left trapped by unsound scheme (not half) (4)

6. Something dishonest in terrible tour? It’s an atypical thing (7)

7. Varied welders mull over opening of shop for poorer residents? (4-8)

10. Last chairman sacked for fraudulent expertise? (12)

13. One bus rate sorted out in seaside resort (10)

15. Part of a curve in sanctuary from a flood, we’re told (3)

18. American mistakenly read law getting unfair treatment (1,3,4)

20. Copper shortly screened liquid container? (7)

22. Barnet might get such coverage? (7)

23. Standard applied to old drinking vessel (6)

26. Missing note, ties together proposals (4)