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1 Critical points are not obtuse (5,6) ACUTE ANGLES
9 Peacekeepers start off journey to extricate (7) UNRAVEL
10 Attack by revolutionary to capture South American country (6) CHARGE
11 Plate is transparent? Not quite (5) PATEN
12 Damsel I dubiously deceive (7) MISLEAD
15 Beware! Staff conceal lie (4)
16 Peculiar looking sequin for setter is a prerequisite (4,3,3) SINE QUA NON
18 First off, choose discourse for constituency (10) ELECTORATE
20 Immediately starts something then and there (4)STAT
23 Follow stoic comic receiving Knowledge Transfer (5,2) STICK TO
24 Brave soldier initially to boast (5)STOUT
26 Ancient football had leading clergy and laymen cheering incessantly outdoors (6)
27 Best alien instrument (7)TRUMPET
28 In a riot, smash store’s windows (5,6)
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2 Giving in to urge after losing initial resolve (6)CAVING
3 Endlessly delight, bring up story (4)TALLE
4 Designers vandalise sci-tech art (10) ARCHITECTS*
5 Do your best, proceed to lose all ten wickets (2,3,3) GO ALL OUT (CD)
6 Impress English rani by accident (7) (ENG)(RAIN*)
7 Unopened wine included in meal for sponsor (9)SUPPORTER
8 Buccaneers remove one who blabbers (6) P[-i]RATES
13 Head of Mumbai police restricts movements (10) MIGRATION
14 Establish an academy (9) INSTITUTE [2]
17 Send back beds, return rack in automobile (5,3) STOCK CAR
19 Quote old pamphlet (7)EXTRACT
21 Soldiers return impoverished, hide in empty tents (6)TROOPS
22 Broken pieces of statue are sharp (6)ASTUTE
25 Company that gives you a lift? (4)OTIS
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1 Selection of Mariam as queen leads to dramatic entertainment (6)
4 Detailed and written description provided to Chip (8)
10 Charm of mid-January? (9)
11 Servant to bear fruit (5)
12 Spherical bullet (5)
13 Spies decoded nine lists (7,2)
14 Cut German's yen for sweetener (7)
16 Torpedoed last sailor (4)
19 Direction to measure tree (4)
21 Mostly predates muddled bureaucracy (3,4)
24 See freedom fighter's unwilling to cover (9)
25 Drug, a diabetic has in the beginning of the year (5)
26 Minute to Kansas is several days (5)
27 Chronicler Scot follows his central characters in the story (9)
28 Let's face a local (8)
29 Heavy food for dull person (6)
Down
1 Open a piece of meat brought up to king (8)
2 Indian Railway division's waiting room is missing hand sponge (8)
3 Overturn state's limit (5)
5 Exhorts printers (7)
6 Urged the Spanish, French and German company representative to move ahead (9)
7 Covering the heart of Nordic people in the end (6)
8 Cries to seize partner's coins (6)
9 Cold empty cry around mound (6)
15 Applied to Queen to block cut (9)
17 Roll up carpet with a peel of fruit (8)
18 I have raised ball's exterior abnormality (8)
20 Flier to secure ambassador's number (7)
21 Note #change (6)
22 Perhaps rose to run with engineers from the south (6)
23 Virtuoso Sen unusually shrivels (6)
25 Snake in Chandigarh perhaps — One that attacks by surprise (1-4)
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1 Selection of Mariam as queen leads to dramatic entertainment (6)
4 Detailed and written description provided to Chip (8)
10 Charm of mid-January? (9)
11 Servant to bear fruit (5)
12 Spherical bullet (5)
13 Spies decoded nine lists (7,2) LISTENS IN
14 Cut German's yen for sweetener (7)
16 Torpedoed last sailor (4) SALT
19 Direction to measure tree (4)
21 Mostly predates muddled bureaucracy (3,4) RED TAPE
24 See freedom fighter's unwilling to cover (9)
25 Drug, a diabetic has in the beginning of the year (5)
26 Minute to Kansas is several days (5)
27 Chronicler Scot follows his central characters in the story (9)
28 Let's face a local (8)
29 Heavy food for dull person (6)
Down
1 Open a piece of meat brought up to king (8)
2 Indian Railway division's waiting room is missing hand sponge (8)
3 Overturn state's limit (5)
5 Exhorts printers (7) [b]PRESSES{/b]
6 Urged the Spanish, French and German company representative to move ahead (9) COMPELLED
7 Covering the heart of Nordic people in the end (6)
8 Cries to seize partner's coins (6)
9 Cold empty cry around mound (6)
15 Applied to Queen to block cut (9)
17 Roll up carpet with a peel of fruit (8)
18 I have raised ball's exterior abnormality (8)
20 Flier to secure ambassador's number (7)
21 Note #change (6)
22 Perhaps rose to run with engineers from the south (6)
23 Virtuoso Sen unusually shrivels (6)
25 Snake in Chandigarh perhaps — One that attacks by surprise (1-4)
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7 Vest husband wears at home before retiring (6)
8 Calmed down when position described at depth (8)
9 Opener, yards away, stranded — falling and getting up (8)
10 Heavy loss of wickets leaving score below hundred (6)
11 Changes to copy trend around school (5)
12 Make beloved finish kissing each fingertip (6)
14 Treating public as foe at head office perhaps (5,2,8)
17 Just when reasonable margins in venture should be returned (4,2)
18 Award cash for Australian swimmer (5)
22 Stuck-up, left lying next to one in desi hang-out (2-2-2)
23 Constant absence of barriers, say, for wise guys (4-4)
24 Aimless rover, having crossed fifty, pleased — more or less (8)
25 Female swans taking on grooms (6)
Down
1 People, without exception, fancy land alone (3,3,3)
2 Fraud bound to go up round these days (6)
3 Bespoke, centrally vented, tailor-made suit (5)
4 Bottom line: census periodically skipped without justification (8)
5 Parasite in spleen infecting pet (6-2)
6 Mole, black, an eyesore perhaps popping out of skin (5)
8 Hot dog, panting like crazy over sea dog? (3,2,1,7)
13 One mugging silly Latin, stupidly cramming answer (9)
15 Religious circle represented by a Liberal (8)
16 Symbol in mathematics, one possibly connecting a number (8)
19 Satisfied with money collected in welfare drive (6)
20 Heart-rending devotional song for one from Barbados (5)
21 Manage without posh car (5)
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7 Vest husband wears at home before retiring (6)
8 Calmed down when position described at depth (8)
9 Opener, yards away, stranded — falling and getting up (8)
10 Heavy loss of wickets leaving score below hundred (6) (-w)EIGHTY
11 Changes to copy trend around school (5)
12 Make beloved finish kissing each fingertip (6)
14 Treating public as foe at head office perhaps (5,2,8) (PLACE OF BUSI)*NESS
17 Just when reasonable margins in venture should be returned (4,2)
18 Award cash for Australian swimmer (5)
22 Stuck-up, left lying next to one in desi hang-out (2-2-2)
23 Constant absence of barriers, say, for wise guys (4-4)
24 Aimless rover, having crossed fifty, pleased — more or less (8)
25 Female swans taking on grooms (6)
Down
1 People, without exception, fancy land alone (3,3,3) ONE AND ALL*
2 Fraud bound to go up round these days (6)
3 Bespoke, centrally vented, tailor-made suit (5)
4 Bottom line: census periodically skipped without justification (8)
5 Parasite in spleen infecting pet (6-2)H(ANGER) ON
6 Mole, black, an eyesore perhaps popping out of skin (5)
8 Hot dog, panting like crazy over sea dog? (3,2,1,7)PIG IN A BLANKET (panting like)* and BA?
13 One mugging silly Latin, stupidly cramming answer (9)
15 Religious circle represented by a Liberal (8)
16 Symbol in mathematics, one possibly connecting a number (8)
19 Satisfied with money collected in welfare drive (6)
20 Heart-rending devotional song for one from Barbados (5)
21 Manage without posh car (5)
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7 Vest husband wears at home before retiring (6)
8 Calmed down when position described at depth (8) {PLAC(AT)E}{D}
9 Opener, yards away, stranded — falling and getting up (8)
10 Heavy loss of wickets leaving score below hundred (6)
11 Changes to copy trend around school (5)
12 Make beloved finish kissing each fingertip (6)
14 Treating public as foe at head office perhaps (5,2,8) (PLACE OF BUSI)*NESS
17 Just when reasonable margins in venture should be returned (4,2)
18 Award cash for Australian swimmer (5)
22 Stuck-up, left lying next to one in desi hang-out (2-2-2)
23 Constant absence of barriers, say, for wise guys (4-4) ~no walls KNOW-ALLS
24 Aimless rover, having crossed fifty, pleased — more or less (8)
25 Female swans / taking on / grooms (6) P(RE)ENS
Down
1 People, without exception, fancy land alone (3,3,3) ONE AND ALL*
2 Fraud bound to go up round these days (6)
3 Bespoke, centrally vented, tailor-made suit (5)
4 Bottom line: census periodically skipped without justification (8)
5 Parasite in spleen infecting pet (6-2)
6 Mole, black, an eyesore perhaps popping out of skin (5)
8 Hot dog, panting like crazy over sea dog? (3,2,1,7)PIG IN A BLANKET (panting like)* and BA?
13 One mugging //silly / Latin, stupidly / cramming answer (9) (ASS)(A)(ILANT*)
15 Religious circle represented by a Liberal (8)
16 Symbol in mathematics, one possibly connecting a number (8)
19 Satisfied with money collected in welfare drive (6)
20 Heart-rending devotional song for one from Barbados (5)
21 Manage without posh car (5) CO(U)PE
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7 Vest husband wears at home before retiring (6)
8 Calmed down when position described at depth (8) {PLAC(AT)E}{D}
9 Opener, yards away, stranded — falling and getting up (8)
10 Heavy loss of wickets leaving score below hundred (6)
11 Changes to copy trend around school (5)
12 Make beloved finish kissing each fingertip (6)
14 Treating public as foe at head office perhaps (5,2,8) (PLACE OF BUSI)*NESS
17 Just when reasonable margins in venture should be returned (4,2)
18 Award cash for Australian swimmer (5)
22 Stuck-up, left lying next to one in desi hang-out (2-2-2) LA-DI-DA
23 Constant absence of barriers, say, for wise guys (4-4) ~no walls KNOW-ALLS
24 Aimless rover, having crossed fifty, pleased — more or less (8)
25 Female swans / taking on / grooms (6) P(RE)ENS
Down
1 People, without exception, fancy land alone (3,3,3) ONE AND ALL*
2 Fraud bound to go up round these days (6)
3 Bespoke, centrally vented, tailor-made suit (5)
4 Bottom line: census periodically skipped without justification (8) BASELESS
5 Parasite in spleen infecting pet (6-2) HANGER-ON
6 Mole, black, an eyesore perhaps popping out of skin (5)
8 Hot dog, panting like crazy over sea dog? (3,2,1,7)PIG IN A BLANKET (panting like)* and BA?
13 One mugging //silly / Latin, stupidly / cramming answer (9) (ASS)(A)(ILANT*)
15 Religious circle represented by a Liberal (8) CLERICAL
16 Symbol in mathematics, one possibly connecting a number (8)
19 Satisfied with money collected in welfare drive (6)
20 Heart-rending devotional song for one from Barbados (5) BAJAN
21 Manage without posh car (5) CO(U)PE
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7 Vest husband wears at home before retiring (6)
8 Calmed down when position described at depth (8) {PLAC(AT)E}{D}
9 Opener, yards away, stranded — falling and getting up (8)
10 Heavy loss of wickets leaving score below hundred (6)
11 Changes to copy trend around school (5) EDITS
12 Make beloved finish kissing each fingertip (6) ENDEAR
14 Treating public as foe at head office perhaps (5,2,8) (PLACE OF BUSI)*NESS
17 Just when reasonable margins in venture should be returned (4,2) EVEN AS
18 Award cash for Australian swimmer (5)
22 Stuck-up, left lying next to one in desi hang-out (2-2-2) LA-DI-DA
23 Constant absence of barriers, say, for wise guys (4-4) ~no walls KNOW-ALLS
24 Aimless rover, having crossed fifty, pleased — more or less (8) LAYABOUT
25 Female swans / taking on / grooms (6) P(RE)ENS
Down
1 People, without exception, fancy land alone (3,3,3) ONE AND ALL*
2 Fraud bound to go up round these days (6)
3 Bespoke, centrally vented, tailor-made suit (5)
4 Bottom line: census periodically skipped without justification (8) BASELESS
5 Parasite in spleen infecting pet (6-2) HANGER-ON
6 Mole, black, an eyesore perhaps popping out of skin (5)
8 Hot dog, panting like crazy over sea dog? (3,2,1,7)PIG IN A BLANKET (panting like)* and BA?
13 One mugging //silly / Latin, stupidly / cramming answer (9) (ASS)(A)(ILANT*)
15 Religious circle represented by a Liberal (8) CLERICAL
16 Symbol in mathematics, one possibly connecting a number (8) OPERATOR
19 Satisfied with money collected in welfare drive (6)
20 Heart-rending devotional song for one from Barbados (5) BAJAN
21 Manage without posh car (5) CO(U)PE
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7 Vest husband wears at home before retiring (6)INHERE
8 Calmed down when position described at depth (8) {PLAC(AT)E}{D}
9 Opener, yards away, stranded — falling and getting up (8)WAKENING
10 Heavy loss of wickets leaving score below hundred (6)EIGHTY
11 Changes to copy trend around school (5) EDITS
12 Make beloved finish kissing each fingertip (6) ENDEAR
14 Treating public as foe at head office perhaps (5,2,8) (PLACE OF BUSI)*NESS
17 Just when reasonable margins in venture should be returned (4,2) EVEN AS
18 Award cash for Australian swimmer (5)OSCAR
22 Stuck-up, left lying next to one in desi hang-out (2-2-2) LA-DI-DA
23 Constant absence of barriers, say, for wise guys (4-4) ~no walls KNOW-ALLS
24 Aimless rover, having crossed fifty, pleased — more or less (8) LAYABOUT
25 Female swans / taking on / grooms (6) P(RE)ENS
Down
1 People, without exception, fancy land alone (3,3,3) ONE AND ALL*
2 Fraud bound to go up round these days (6)DECEIT
3 Bespoke, centrally vented, tailor-made suit (5)BEFIT
4 Bottom line: census periodically skipped without justification (8) BASELESS
5 Parasite in spleen infecting pet (6-2) HANGER-ON
6 Mole, black, an eyesore perhaps popping out of skin (5)JETTY
8 Hot dog, panting like crazy over sea dog? (3,2,1,7)PIG IN A BLANKET (panting like)* and BA?
13 One mugging //silly / Latin, stupidly / cramming answer (9) (ASS)(A)(ILANT*)
15 Religious circle represented by a Liberal (8) CLERICAL
16 Symbol in mathematics, one possibly connecting a number (8) OPERATOR
19 Satisfied with money collected in welfare drive (6)SLAKED
20 Heart-rending devotional song for one from Barbados (5) BAJAN
21 Manage without posh car (5) CO(U)PE
:clap::clap::clap: A toughie!
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7 Collected watch straps, extremely rare and new (6)
8 States repeatedly ignoring liberal, educated people (8)
9 Blissful time for music providing one a tonic (8)
10 Hand in old gold — government finally appearing to provide encouragement (6)
11 Conservative, mature and restrained (5)
12 Butterfly's mission to reach the moon (6)
14 Set any decent norm so as to observe protocol (5,2,8)
17 Salutes perfectly maintaining singular bearing (6)
18 Applications for relief primarily based on charity (5)
22 A gun for everyone (6)
23 Rabbi, in short, getting cross (8)
24 Set free, let dogs breed occasionally (8)
25 Continent having cold precipitation (6)
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1 Beams of forged steel found breaking (9)
2 Temperament of people when son is married (6)
3 Inspiring one — stand up to worship as god (5)
4 Run constantly sipping drink, then shower (8)
5 Sweeper employed at hotel getting place to shower (8)
6 Sports related goods (5)
8 Describing one unfit, an accident apt to leave one essentially thus? (13)
13 Sadly no, amity is quite the contrary (9)
15 School attender shot the bull (8)
16 Dash over, upset when husband is restrained (2,1,5)
19 Primitive being more or less reflected in a genus of chimps (6)
20 Regularly attend after work is decided (5)
21 Miles to go before leading in progress (5)
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