THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1072

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ACROSS

1 Deputy gets stable job in overflow area? (8,4)

10 European opening a horseriding competition (5)

11 Book in restaurant that’s open (3-2-4)

12 Pierce tin in Bangor accidentally, losing gallons (7) 13 Pointers unwanted mostly (7) 14 Turn out to be a parody needing no introduction (3,2)

16 Order to caterer for church office (9)

19 A position with foreign oil company initially for Pauline (9) 20 Provide an on-line joke? (5) 22 Type of fringe for the nut? (7) 25 A race came first around Sussex castle (7)

27 Romanians reformed the republic (3,6) 28 Dance with beat and energy (5) 29 Venus, perhaps for whom love means nothing (6,6)

DOWN

2 Mostly, does growth develop from starting position (3,4,2) 3 Fool working up and away (3,2) 4 Confused learning English mostly (2,7) 5 Succeed with mount (3,2) 6 Where to see spectacles? Precisely (2,3,4)

7 Phone not entirely right for old US oil company (5)

8 Weak charge depressed after leaving university (6)

9 Tenant circles seeking to have external cladding removed (6)

15 Only a little trouble getting small bread roll? (5,4)

17 Highly delighted with a hock ordered in store (4-1-4)

18 Strictly performance comes after a roll? Plenty (9)

19 One made prosperous reportedly is the most expert (6)

21 Kill hack from the south? I may have done (3,3)

23 Nobody looking down on tenor composition (5) 24 Sounds like country hot stuff (5) 26 Only some insult rabid extremist (5)