| Clues across |
| 9 | Lens needed? Yes, if he’s fuzzy (7) |
| 10 | Close relatives are put in home (7) |
| 11 | Communist that is turning back duck (5) |
| 12 | He hives off his workers (9) |
| 13 | Scotsman has chat disturbed by vehicle on beach (4-5) |
| 16 | Immature creature found in molten rock, we hear (5) |
| 17 | Lose balance when Reginald turns to face deer (7) |
| 19 | Think: “I hide a gun, initially, in mine” (7) |
| 20 | Love morning hour on radio (5) |
| 21 | With ease, we hear, 17 across could make confection for festival (6,3) |
| 24 | Hail pact I changed to make fatty compound (9) |
| 26 | Schubert wrote about it in intro, utilising several instruments (5) |
| 28 | First-rate blood spilt in devilish game (7) |
| 29 | Overture for cat in ruffled coat (7) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | Special prices in “10% off ersatz goods” (6) |
| 2 | Employed American newspaperman (4) |
| 3 | Nobleman is surrounded by unknowns annually (6) |
| 4 | Culinary plant found in Mother Beeton’s book (4) |
| 5 | Comes in holding confused opposer, and amuses audience (10) |
| 6 | Animal standing on upturned bucket (not quietly) in bush (8) |
| 7 | Put in danger, I spared Joe, recklessly (10) |
| 8 | Look at the heavens and dream (4-4) |
| 14 | Eat no plain whipped ice-cream (10) |
| 15 | Company with posh car defaced notice – putting it right? (10) |
| 17 | Kent gets prizes – for looking this way? (8) |
| 18 | Little Red Riding’s early years (8) |
| 22 | Lure using broken net on frozen pond, perhaps (6) |
| 23 | Cake’s label turning up on water in France (6) |
| 25 | Cathedral town described as ‘chintzy’, oddly (4) |
| 27 | Lovat mixture (not last of tricot) seen at cricket venue (4) |
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