| Clues across |
| 1 | Edward provided diamonds, making a pile (7) |
| 5 | Cuts down cyst she disturbed (7) |
| 9 | Barrier erected for receiver (5) |
| 10 | Stuff Cork changed and eliminated (6,3) |
| 11 | Want the French skill – sewing? (11) |
| 12 | Trendy joint (3) |
| 13 | Turning round a company, one with lump of butter as ingredient for pudding (7) |
| 15 | Respected poster stuck in the mud (7) |
| 17 | Poorly, so mill doesn’t open (3) |
| 18 | Refrain from something assigned to Bruin? (7) |
| 19 | Laconic, perhaps, coming to a point (7) |
| 20 | Strange drink (3) |
| 22 | Expressing amusement at gossip – it’ll knock you out (8-3) |
| 26 | I am inclined to be fair (9) |
| 27 | Fifty songs found in dens (5) |
| 28 | Backdrop, say, for part of play set by railway (7) |
| 29 | Maybe Lego can freeze (7) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | The Spanish aircraft’s vertical tail surface is small and delicate (5) |
| 2 | He looks after a pub and protects an Austrian river (9) |
| 3 | It’s great when I hand out the cards (5) |
| 4 | Ay, cashier is relaxing here (4,5) |
| 5 | Reverse fairy spell which grips this country (5) |
| 6 | Snatch Amy, upsetting sailor (9) |
| 7 | Ho-ho! Caught out making illicit liquor (5) |
| 8 | Quiet way to propel bicycle? Don’t mention it! (4-5) |
| 13 | Frail, running fast awkwardly round sterns of ships (9) |
| 14 | Too big to play grave role (9) |
| 15 | Ill? Cocoa (hot, well stirred) may be better for you than this sort of drink (9) |
| 16 | Identify gear wheel about which I sneer wickedly (9) |
| 21 | Father hides in tree, swinging over into another (5) |
| 23 | Single item (unknown) produces agreement (5) |
| 24 | Material found in sunny Londonderry, for instance (5) |
| 25 | Coarse fibre spun for sails (5) |
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