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Across
| 1 | | A girl with a mouse or a flower (5-4,5) |
| 10 | | Well, a pig without a tail is a
wild animal (5) |
| 11 | | Very cold island captured by
American general (9) |
| 12 | | A politician with a degree - one
associated with thieves (3,4) |
| 13 | | Notices posted in a river and a
large salt lake (4,3) |
| 14 | | A long time after the end of
winter storms (5) |
| 16 | | Ousted dictator's taken round a police compound (5,4) |
| 19 | | Public house with French name, and
another over in French capital (5,4) |
| 20 | | Heath's absence is marked (5) |
| 22 | | It's only human, when deprived of leadership, to become lacking in virility (7) |
| 25 | | Puzzles concerning public transport (7) |
| 27 | | Sole form of punishment for being
disposed to a bad sin (9) |
| 28 | | King John's last to find out (5) |
| 29 | | Game birds (5,3,6) |
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Down
| 2 | | Enticing creature in thin coat (7,2) |
| 3 | | Letter from Greece about an Asian
country (5) |
| 4 | | Note pale sand collected on
seaside walk (9) |
| 5 | | Every other letter from dear
friends went astray (5) |
| 6 | | Any minute now there's a card game in a Canadian city (9) |
| 7 | | Petitions made by business types (5) |
| 8 | | For a penny-pincher it's a bore to drink up (7) |
| 9 | | Balloon filler's boastful talk (3,3) |
| 15 | | Linguist's specialism - writing about names and contractions? (9) |
| 17 | | Novelist is with crowd outside
court (9) |
| 18 | | Sparta, for example, static yet
mobile (4,5) |
| 19 | | Fixed water supply for fruit and
flower site (7) |
| 21 | | Request for prima donna providing
medicine? (6) |
| 23 | | Charming sounds from hippopotamus
I captured (5) |
| 24 | | Long story without point (5) |
| 26 | | Modellers may use this ointment
endlessly (5) |
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