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1 Check opening for caretaker (7)
5 Groom leader of Hispanic American group (7)HUSBAND
9 Deposit for gatehouse (5)
10 Right one developing small firearms (9) REVOLVERS
11 Simultaneously, however (2,3,4,4)AT THE SAME TIME
13 Sound coming from car with disc on (5)
14 In doubt, new curate about new home (9) UNCERTAIN
16 Delivery securing wicket before end of league game (9)
18 Bird, yellow, all but head (5)
20 Eventually seeing rather remarkable rare lot (6,2,5)
23 Noticing novel written by Oscar under an assumed name (9) INCOGNITO
24 Racket revealed by informer, one inside (5) NOISE
25 Reflect it’s good to pay attention (7) GLISTEN
26 Former player, demanding type (7)EXACTOR
Down
1 QC in second class (4)
2 Spinster’s game (3,4) NET BALL
3 What a soldier may have on in fine film (9)
4 Always going up to Montpelier, a criminal (9,6)
5 Brand new item from carpenter shouldn’t be defective? (4,1,5,5)
6 Work out volume in one (5) SOLVE
7 A married girl in the USA (7) AMERICA
8 Having good taste, Cinders poured out gin cocktail (10) DISCERNING
12 Hearing, sadly, about graduate’s lengthy scolding (10)
15 Land of Hope and Glory’s fourth air aunt and I performed (9) RURITANIA
17 Dumplings and odd-looking conch collected by soldier (7) GNOCCHI
19 Finding of court in support of composer (7)
21 Freighter’s crew? (5)
22 Raise back (4)REAR
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1 Check opening for caretaker (7)
5 Groom leader of Hispanic American group (7)HUSBAND
9 Deposit for gatehouse (5)
10 Right one developing small firearms (9) REVOLVERS
11 Simultaneously, however (2,3,4,4)AT THE SAME TIME
13 Sound coming from car with disc on (5)
14 In doubt, new curate about new home (9) UNCERTAIN
16 Delivery securing wicket before end of league game (9)
18 Bird, yellow, all but head (5)
20 Eventually seeing rather remarkable rare lot (6,2,5)
23 Noticing novel written by Oscar under an assumed name (9) INCOGNITO
24 Racket revealed by informer, one inside (5) NOISE
25 Reflect it’s good to pay attention (7) GLISTEN
26 Former player, demanding type (7)EXACTOR
Down
1 QC in second class (4) SILK
2 Spinster’s game (3,4) NET BALL
3 What a soldier may have on in fine film (9) GREATCOAT
4 Always going up to Montpelier, a criminal (9,6) PERPETUAL MOTION
5 Brand new item from carpenter shouldn’t be defective? (4,1,5,5) HAVE A SCREW LOOSE
6 Work out volume in one (5) SOLVE
7 A married girl in the USA (7) AMERICA
8 Having good taste, Cinders poured out gin cocktail (10) DISCERNING
12 Hearing, sadly, about graduate’s lengthy scolding (10) EARBASHING
15 Land of Hope and Glory’s fourth air aunt and I performed (9) RURITANIA
17 Dumplings and odd-looking conch collected by soldier (7) GNOCCHI
19 Finding of court in support of composer (7)
21 Freighter’s crew? (5)
22 Raise back (4)REAR
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1 Check opening for caretaker (7)STOPGAP
5 Groom leader of Hispanic American group (7)HUSBAND
9 Deposit for gatehouse (5)LODGE
10 Right one developing small firearms (9) REVOLVERS
11 Simultaneously, however (2,3,4,4)AT THE SAME TIME
13 Sound coming from car with disc on (5)AUDIO
14 In doubt, new curate about new home (9) UNCERTAIN
16 Delivery securing wicket before end of league game (9)BAGATELLE
18 Bird, yellow, all but head (5)RAVEN
20 Eventually seeing rather remarkable rare lot (6,2,5)SOONER OR LATER
23 Noticing novel written by Oscar under an assumed name (9) INCOGNITO
24 Racket revealed by informer, one inside (5) NOISE
25 Reflect it’s good to pay attention (7) GLISTEN
26 Former player, demanding type (7)EXACTOR
Down
1 QC in second class (4) SILK
2 Spinster’s game (3,4) NET BALL
3 What a soldier may have on in fine film (9) GREATCOAT
4 Always going up to Montpelier, a criminal (9,6) PERPETUAL MOTION
5 Brand new item from carpenter shouldn’t be defective? (4,1,5,5) HAVE A SCREW LOOSE
6 Work out volume in one (5) SOLVE
7 A married girl in the USA (7) AMERICA
8 Having good taste, Cinders poured out gin cocktail (10) DISCERNING
12 Hearing, sadly, about graduate’s lengthy scolding (10) EARBASHING
15 Land of Hope and Glory’s fourth air aunt and I performed (9) RURITANIA
17 Dumplings and odd-looking conch collected by soldier (7) GNOCCHI
19 Finding of court in support of composer (7)VERDICT
21 Freighter’s crew? (5)EIGHT
22 Raise back (4)REAR
:clap::clap::clap: Good!
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7 Secure an animal insignia (4)
8 Tell endlessly, for starters, a new girl about national airline to a promised land (9)
10 Disheartened Benegal in this region of the Indian subcontinent (6) BENGAL
11 Left upper-class girl in a country (8)
12 Spike soda cocktail in an island (8)
14 City where planes are built (6)
16 Following an infant, Don leaves London for Hammurabi’s capital (7) BABYLON
18 American state that was once a part of the Soviet Union? (7) GEORGIA
21 Lebanese city with cove path, we hear (6)
23,30 Location for some sports — polo, maybe (8,4)
25 A Chartered Accountant firm admits leaders of power utility licensee in Mexico (8)
27 Confused Thai takes it back to Pacific island (6) TAHITI
29 State: “Look, I got into the United States on Indian Airlines carrying sodium” (9) LOUISIANA
Down
1 Rare mead brewed in South American region (8)
2 Creature that might come out of a gun (4)
3 Oil spilled on street at beginning of day, stupid! (6)
4 Mad fat spy takes rookie for aerobatic display (7)
5 Hold spellbound at the entry point (8)
6 Osibisa percussionist ‘Potato’ lost his head to bachelor in a port on the Caspian Sea (4)
9 Not sleeping during a ceremony for the dead (5)
13 RAF left February aerobatics to purchaser (5)
15 Feast of Lots is observed in Puri marketplace (5)
17 Do better balancing an egg on a damaged cutlass (8)
19 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0, ____________, Lift off (8)
20 Mince oracle’s fish (7)
22 Do exceedingly well at one time church lesson at first (5)
24 This may contain papers needing your attention about train derailment at yard (2-4)
26 Transfer liquid for the French (4)
28 Initially, Head Office police sergeant jumps (4)
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7 Secure an animal insignia (4)
8 Tell endlessly, for starters, a new girl about national airline to a promised land (9)
10 Disheartened Benegal in this region of the Indian subcontinent (6) BENGAL
11 Left upper-class girl in a country (8)
12 Spike soda cocktail in an island (8)
14 City where planes are built (6)
16 Following an infant, Don leaves London for Hammurabi’s capital (7) BABYLON
18 American state that was once a part of the Soviet Union? (7) GEORGIA
21 Lebanese city with cove path, we hear (6)
23,30 Location for some sports — polo, maybe (8,4)
25 A Chartered Accountant firm admits leaders of power utility licensee in Mexico (8)
27 Confused Thai takes it back to Pacific island (6) TAHITI
29 State: “Look, I got into the United States on Indian Airlines carrying sodium” (9) LOUISIANA
Down
1 Rare mead brewed in South American region (8) DEMERARA
2 Creature that might come out of a gun (4) SLUG
3 Oil spilled on street at beginning of day, stupid! (6) STOLID
4 Mad fat spy takes rookie for aerobatic display (7) FLYPAST
5 Hold spellbound at the entry point (8) ENTRANCE
6 Osibisa percussionist ‘Potato’ lost his head to bachelor in a port on the Caspian Sea (4)
9 Not sleeping during a ceremony for the dead (5)
13 RAF left February aerobatics to purchaser (5)
15 Feast of Lots is observed in Puri marketplace (5)
17 Do better balancing an egg on a damaged cutlass (8)
19 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0, ____________, Lift off (8)
20 Mince oracle’s fish (7)
22 Do exceedingly well at one time church lesson at first (5)
24 This may contain papers needing your attention about train derailment at yard (2-4)
26 Transfer liquid for the French (4)
28 Initially, Head Office police sergeant jumps (4)
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7 Secure an animal insignia (4) SEAL
8 Tell endlessly, for starters, a new girl about national airline to a promised land (9) TELANGANA
10 Disheartened Benegal in this region of the Indian subcontinent (6) BENGAL
11 Left upper-class girl in a country (8)
12 Spike soda cocktail in an island (8)
14 City where planes are built (6) NAPLES
16 Following an infant, Don leaves London for Hammurabi’s capital (7) BABYLON
18 American state that was once a part of the Soviet Union? (7) GEORGIA
21 Lebanese city with cove path, we hear (6)
23,30 Location for some sports — polo, maybe (8,4)
25 A Chartered Accountant firm admits leaders of power utility licensee in Mexico (8)
27 Confused Thai takes it back to Pacific island (6) TAHITI
29 State: “Look, I got into the United States on Indian Airlines carrying sodium” (9) LOUISIANA
30 ?????????????????????????????????????? (4)
Down
1 Rare mead brewed in South American region (8) DEMERARA
2 Creature that might come out of a gun (4) SLUG
3 Oil spilled on street at beginning of day, stupid! (6) STOLID
4 Mad fat spy takes rookie for aerobatic display (7) FLYPAST
5 Hold spellbound at the entry point (8) ENTRANCE
6 Osibisa percussionist ‘Potato’ lost his head to bachelor in a port on the Caspian Sea (4)
9 Not sleeping during a ceremony for the dead (5)
13 RAF left February aerobatics to purchaser (5)
15 Feast of Lots is observed in Puri marketplace (5)
17 Do better balancing an egg on a damaged cutlass (8)
19 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0, ____________, Lift off (8) IGNITION
20 Mince oracle’s fish (7)
22 Do exceedingly well at one time church lesson at first (5)
24 This may contain papers needing your attention about train derailment at yard (2-4)
26 Transfer liquid for the French (4)
28 Initially, Head Office police sergeant jumps (4) HOPS
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7 Secure an animal insignia (4) SEAL
8 Tell endlessly, for starters, a new girl about national airline to a promised land (9) TELANGANA
10 Disheartened Benegal in this region of the Indian subcontinent (6) BENGAL
11 Left upper-class girl in a country (8)
12 Spike soda cocktail in an island (8)
14 City where planes are built (6) NAPLES
16 Following an infant, Don leaves London for Hammurabi’s capital (7) BABYLON
18 American state that was once a part of the Soviet Union? (7) GEORGIA
21 Lebanese city with cove path, we hear (6)
23,30 Location for some sports — polo, maybe (8,4)
25 A Chartered Accountant firm admits leaders of power utility licensee in Mexico (8)
27 Confused Thai takes it back to Pacific island (6) TAHITI
29 State: “Look, I got into the United States on Indian Airlines carrying sodium” (9) LOUISIANA
Down
1 Rare mead brewed in South American region (8) DEMERARA
2 Creature that might come out of a gun (4) SLUG
3 Oil spilled on street at beginning of day, stupid! (6) STOLID
4 Mad fat spy takes rookie for aerobatic display (7) FLYPAST
5 Hold spellbound at the entry point (8) ENTRANCE
6 Osibisa percussionist ‘Potato’ lost his head to bachelor in a port on the Caspian Sea (4)
9 Not sleeping during a ceremony for the dead (5)
13 RAF left February aerobatics to purchaser (5)
15 Feast of Lots is observed in Puri marketplace (5)
17 Do better balancing an egg on a damaged cutlass (8)
19 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0, ____________, Lift off (8) IGNITION
20 Mince oracle’s fish (7)
22 Do exceedingly well at one time church lesson at first (5)
24 This may contain papers needing your attention about train derailment at yard (2-4)
26 Transfer liquid for the French (4)
28 Initially, Head Office police sergeant jumps (4) HOPS
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7 Secure an animal insignia (4)SEAL
8 Tell endlessly, for starters, a new girl about national airline to a promised land (9)
10 Disheartened Benegal in this region of the Indian subcontinent (6) BENGAL
11 Left upper-class girl in a country (8)PORTUGAL
12 Spike soda cocktail in an island (8)
14 City where planes are built (6)NAPLES
16 Following an infant, Don leaves London for Hammurabi’s capital (7) BABYLON
18 American state that was once a part of the Soviet Union? (7) GEORGIA
21 Lebanese city with cove path, we hear (6)
23,30 Location for some sports — polo, maybe (8,4)
25 A Chartered Accountant firm admits leaders of power utility licensee in Mexico (8)
27 Confused Thai takes it back to Pacific island (6) TAHITI
29 State: “Look, I got into the United States on Indian Airlines carrying sodium” (9) LOUISIANA
Down
1 Rare mead brewed in South American region (8) DEMERARA
2 Creature that might come out of a gun (4) SLUG
3 Oil spilled on street at beginning of day, stupid! (6) STOLID
4 Mad fat spy takes rookie for aerobatic display (7) FLYPAST
5 Hold spellbound at the entry point (8) ENTRANCE
6 Osibisa percussionist ‘Potato’ lost his head to bachelor in a port on the Caspian Sea (4)
9 Not sleeping during a ceremony for the dead (5)AWAKE
13 RAF left February aerobatics to purchaser (5)BUYER
15 Feast of Lots is observed in Puri marketplace (5)
17 Do better balancing an egg on a damaged cutlass (8)
19 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0, ____________, Lift off (8)
20 Mince oracle’s fish (7)
22 Do exceedingly well at one time church lesson at first (5)
24 This may contain papers needing your attention about train derailment at yard (2-4)
26 Transfer liquid for the French (4)POUR(Wow! I still remember French learnt in college half a century ago!)
28 Initially, Head Office police sergeant jumps (4)HOPS
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7 Secure an animal insignia (4)SEAL
8 Tell endlessly, for starters, a new girl about national airline to a promised land (9)TELANGANA
10 Disheartened Benegal in this region of the Indian subcontinent (6) BENGAL
11 Left upper-class girl in a country (8)PORTUGAL
12 Spike soda cocktail in an island (8)BARBADOS
14 City where planes are built (6)NAPLES
16 Following an infant, Don leaves London for Hammurabi’s capital (7) BABYLON
18 American state that was once a part of the Soviet Union? (7) GEORGIA
21 Lebanese city with cove path, we hear (6)BEIRUT
23,30 Location for some sports — polo, maybe (8,4)SWIMMING POOL
25 A Chartered Accountant firm admits leaders of power utility licensee in Mexico (8)ACAPULCO
27 Confused Thai takes it back to Pacific island (6) TAHITI
29 State: “Look, I got into the United States on Indian Airlines carrying sodium” (9) LOUISIANA
Down
1 Rare mead brewed in South American region (8) DEMERARA
2 Creature that might come out of a gun (4) SLUG
3 Oil spilled on street at beginning of day, stupid! (6) STOLID
4 Mad fat spy takes rookie for aerobatic display (7) FLYPAST
5 Hold spellbound at the entry point (8) ENTRANCE
6 Osibisa percussionist ‘Potato’ lost his head to bachelor in a port on the Caspian Sea (4)BAKU
9 Not sleeping during a ceremony for the dead (5)AWAKE
13 RAF left February aerobatics to purchaser (5)BUYER
15 Feast of Lots is observed in Puri marketplace (5)PURIM
17 Do better balancing an egg on a damaged cutlass (8)OUTCLASS
19 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0, ____________, Lift off (8)IGNITION
20 Mince oracle’s fish (7)ESCOLAR
22 Do exceedingly well at one time church lesson at first (5)EXCEL
24 This may contain papers needing your attention about train derailment at yard (2-4)IN-TRAY
26 Transfer liquid for the French (4)POUR(Wow! I still remember French learnt in college half a century ago!)
28 Initially, Head Office police sergeant jumps (4)HOPS
:clap::clap::clap: Nice globe-trotting that was!
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1 Be amazed at incredible Maglev exhibiting resistance for gravity (6)
4 Shrunken appendages: what remains when the flames have died (6) (-M)EMBERS
9 ….but Lyon’s in disarray (4)
10 Stylish radical embraced Christopher with excitement (10)
11 Device that made portraitists redundant arrived with artist? (6) CAMERA
12 Coarse, manhandling North Dakota male wanting a bit of torn skin (8)
13 Reportedly, any system of organized knowledge breeds ignorance (9)
15 Cheating aids used in Indian college (4)
16 Seatrain regularly carries South Indian apparel (4)
17 Old firearm manifests jam after it produces fire (9)
21 On which a lush may light (8)
22 Provides 5 crates (6)
24 Storm in, tie dishevelled, and perform services (8,2) MINISTER TO
25 Cross individual member of superhero squad (1-3)
26 Wolverine, embracing Zen, finally turns to fruit (6)
27 Korean rapper has revolutionary mind (6)
Down
1 Magneto’s characters featured in a series of pictures (7)
2 Song by pioneers of rock has young metal-heads excited (5)
3 Net measures new parcel of land (7)
5 Freakishly abnormal dog ripped shirt off social worker (6)
6 Stan Lee is original and indispensable (9) ESSENTIAL
7 Personality I met obsessed essentially with narcissistic images (7) SELFIES
8 25 small earthworms (13)
14 Person of the book is 25? (9)
16 Canadian national, wanting canine, went into special pound for a pooch (7)
18 25,250 brief operations to contain malignancy in the end (7)
19 Hearty squeeze given to legendary flier from the South! (7)
20 Black-market goods gang exterminated by Nicaraguan rebel (6)
23 Reportedly speak ill of Britney’s work (5)