CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No 17,336 WIN £500

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ACROSS

1 A noted clinic to be renovated? It’s happening by chance (12)

8 Investigate Frenchman about source of loan? That’s a difficulty (7)

9 A liberal chap has account in yearbook (7)

11 Make less serious sort of motors round place near Brighton (6,4)

12 Vast number missing, for example, big cat (4)

14 Gift, perhaps, of fine eastern piece of jewellery (8)

16 Republican fronting joint has to cause resentment (6)

17 Man has restricted workspace (3)

19 Female writer has a large rural residence with time gone (6)

21 Chaos initially in another extra number for composer Olivier (8)

24 Resolution in golf club (4) 25 Nervously bite muffin in snack bar on train (4-6)

27 Green quality shown by outstanding doctor in Tyneside (7)

28 Last longer than women entering a route in a storm (7)

29 Officially took possession of a recommended ground (12)

DOWN

1 Fan on holiday gets to become calm (4,3)

2 Lacking an ability to understand characters? (10)

3 Mixture of elements in open area enclosed by a fence (8)

4 Jewelled headband I’d made wrongly (6)

5 Main point about start of march being insensitive (4)

6 A lake and prison fringing western Northumberland town (7)

7 Special piano made for an overseas Anglican (12)

10 Providing heavy stick? (12)

13 Tailor grabs a suit for a music-maker (4,6)

15 Jewel Margaret shortly held up (3)

18 Note elevated occasions with individual (8)

20 Cold line in the distance largely for Spanish food (7)

22 A new group of competitors in noted football ground (7)

23 Greek character gone off to get carrier, maybe (6)

26 Scottish banker linked to money and judge (4)

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