CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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29 30 31 Easily heard by many a listener (5)

Extra lean (5) Largess? Money, anyway (7) It’s the pay that keeps sailors going (5) School where a girl takes in golf (5)

Teeth, when bad, can be a snag for a fathead (5) Mineral in a mountain pass? How funny! (7)

How about a cuddle, darling? (3)

He shows hesitation, I see (4)

Have a policy to get elected for certain (6)

To inhibit growth can be a risky thing (5)

Tease a companion as a jerk (6)

Returning by rail, he’s dishonest (4)

Uncle’s anti-aircraft missile? (3)

The lessee’s occupation (7) A tracking aid that’s not much good at Ponders End (5)

Take off, possibly by air (5) One packing up pugilism? (5)

Be mistaken in the rank of a soldier, informally (7) How a rider may be after a mishap at the water jump (5)

Obligations, note, are best sorted out (5)

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18 19 Such acid can make even an expert twitch! (6) Inexperienced gunners at the Western Front (3) Important in a relatively rising sense (5)

Artist said to have no commision (7)

It means more to the mathematician (4) Several games may call for a masseur! (6)

Belief in Adam? (5) Cash in decent supply (5) Note the small number (5) Invest as president (5) He gets a try-out for Leicester at last (5)

The man who gets hungry? (5)

Sink a drink at the leisure