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8 Peg has to run back during occupancy (6) 9 Articles about a don involved a reptile (8) 10 Get a lute tuned in tuition (8) 11 Everything hidden in favourite straw mattress (6) 12 Insect has soldier running back to shade (5) 13 Adherent devours large baked item (4) 14 Important head of research is in prison (4) 16 Plastic top prone to be flexible (7) 18 Hatchet caught by no Remainer (7) 20 Shop around – that generates bitterness (4) 21 Simpering about park’s first ape (4) 22 Keep getting registered for a cat, perhaps (5) 25 Delight in a piquant condiment (6) 27 Records attempt at a wall hanging (8) 28 A French order marred a delivery (8) 29 Acting group tore off, having got up (6)
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1 Raise objections to energy being reserved (6) 2 Informant and policeman on the lawn (10) 3 Land plane in a new way (5) 4 Stare at students with English animal (7) 5 Tower makes temporary home next to a river (9) 6 Wrong of a Liberal youngster (4) 7 Glue to hide vase being broken (8) 14 Lovely location for a mole, say (6,4) 15 Stop person in charge being an idiot (9) 17 Noel does deteriorate – that remains unexplained (5,3) 19 Embodiment of poet, working with one myself (7) 23 A type of champagne contains pressure that’s immediate (6) 24 Outbreak showed sudden start and spread (5) 26 Ride away holding an impression (4)
The Page’S quick cLueS Across
8 Term of office (6) 9 Semiaquatic snake (8) 10 Instruction (8) 11 Platform for goods (6) 12 Pale fawn colour (5) 13 Pastry dish (4) 14 Ship’s prison (4) 16 Easily bent (7) 18 Butcher’s tool (7) 20 Beer ingredient (4) 21 Reproduction (4) 22 Wander off (5) 25 Great enjoyment (6) 27 Embroidered textile (8) 28 Way to throw a ball (8) 29 Group of dancers (6)
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1 Unassuming (6) 2 Police informer (slang) (10) 3 Asian country (5) 4 Slender antelope (7) 5 Bell tower (9) 6 Young horse (4) 7 Sticky substance (8) 14 Scenic place (6,4) 15 Nincompoop (9) 17 Unsettled detail (5,3) 19 Personification (7) 23 Sudden (6) 24 Series of similar things (5) 26 Mental impression (4)