CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Tailor ironed out hem,

as is traditional (4-8) 8 A note found in a large

computer manual (7) 9 Atmosphere etc somehow limiting S American capital (7) 11 Mother’s new spouse felt her past changed after student left (10) 12 Chop top off

pitch pine (4) 14 Cold sort of current in a grave, one of many here (8) 16 Writer enclosed in border, heading west (6) 17 Scrap centre

of habitat (3) 19 Big cat possesses a rare organ for generating sound (6) 21 Graduates host southeastern students in game (8) 24 One who

manages stud (4) 25 Rally here in what sounds like Montgomery county (5,5) 27 Fascinating articles,

each about toxic nuts (7) 28 Meet nun getting mixed up with riot (3,4) 29 Oxygen carrier could be rolled out, ignoring university (3,5,4)

DOWN

1 Check over English

politician’s play (7) 2 Philanthropic male, French one, provided one coin (10) 3 Both came prepared to make a public sacrifice (8) 4 Steal the

Spanish metal (6) 5 Top-class container brought up component (4) 6 Flexible, like

some bands (7) 7 Falsely accuse rebel earl in controversial trial (5,7) 10 Hot inside, they all cool, refreshed, producing booze essentially (5,7) 13 Two scenes designed to indicate the process of ageing (10) 15 Food collector travelling north and south (3) 18 Badly treated over time in a dreadful state (8) 20 Bring back cash from Oslo to support

the others (7) 22 Notice: ‘Learn to work

near the kidneys’ (7) 23 Excessively squeezing

dull fruit (6) 26 Having cleared head,

go up branch (4)

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