| Clues across |
| 9 | Group of musicians without a safety device? (5) |
| 10 | Temporary bed wanted? Get shown around a thousand by journalist (9) |
| 11 | Mechanical device for forcing out jet core (7) |
| 12 | Bird, lit badly, with coat thrown round (4,3) |
| 13 | Marvellous show (seen in one glass?) (9) |
| 15 | Religious leader in plain clothes (5) |
| 16 | Machine for cutting out worry was overturned (7) |
| 19 | Golly! European Union could provide Christmas fuel (4,3) |
| 20 | Hundred units of electrical current for holiday sites (5) |
| 21 | Lost again, confused, with feeling of homesickness (9) |
| 24 | Two sailors (European) display sauce (7) |
| 26 | Broken brush sweeps round most of big waste deposit (7) |
| 28 | Tired out and penniless (9) |
| 29 | Nadir, perhaps, is where rainwater ends up (5) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | How to count in the decimal system provided one has unusual action? Concentration needed! (15) |
| 2 | See Zen working – got a cold? (6) |
| 3 | Let it stand in best ethnic surroundings (4) |
| 4 | I join the disorganised corps, concerned with skin trouble (6) |
| 5 | Her yacht gets wrecked – in this fish farm? (8) |
| 6 | Truth? Get away from city, and find yourself a girl (4) |
| 7 | Too much to swallow? You said it! (8) |
| 8 | Chinamen kitting out? This could be useful (8,7) |
| 14 | Teacher initially requests jobs to be done (5) |
| 15 | Island depicted in formal tapestry (5) |
| 17 | The Spanish motorway (winding, endless street) may have these as a border (3,5) |
| 18 | Looking pale, the German editor moved aimlessly (8) |
| 22 | Supports and walks stiffly (6) |
| 23 | Grit and gold fused into instrument (6) |
| 25 | Spilt peas in part of church (4) | |
| 27 | Instructed wicked evildoer at first (4) |
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