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Across
| 1 | | Punishment when worthiest plans go
wrong (4,2,3,5) |
| 9 | | Painstaking preparation (7) |
| 10 | | Man's authority can, we hear, reverse many a statute (7) |
| 11 | | One in a thousand? Just the
opposite - that's the point (4) |
| 12 | | Spade needed to get at this animal (5) |
| 13 | | Man most likely to succeed (4) |
| 16 | | Worker trapped in unenterprising
US city (5,2) |
| 17 | | One in a fix with a disease (7) |
| 18 | | Records are cut with knife (7) |
| 21 | | Protection from humorous abuse
about the rebels (7) |
| 23 | | Herb's day off (4) |
| 24 | | Sailor in state of intrigue (5) |
| 25 | | A gentle one step (4) |
| 28 | | Chemical for a trip in the dark,
say? (7) |
| 29 | | They look cherubic, naked, or in a
skimpy garment (7) |
| 30 | | Imperial pronouncement that helped
Mr Baker? (3,4,3,4) |
Down
| 1 | | Position that prevents one sitting
down at parties? (6,8) |
| 2 | | Part of a body of men following
sailor to party (7) |
| 3 | | Leave out nothing - time nearly up! (4) |
| 4 | | One of those offering support to
the board? (7) |
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| 5 | | Takes parents out (7) |
| 6 | | Called to the bar (4) |
| 7 | | Radical reorganization has leader
reportedly out of bed (5-2) |
| 8 | | Front said to smell pleasanter
with a little poetry (4,6,4) |
| 14 | | Sea-shanty? (5) |
| 15 | | Bear collapse? British can
surmount it (5) |
| 19 | | Many seen in smart kind of skirt (7) |
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| 20 | | Ornamental stand set up before
entrance (7) |
| 21 | | Teatime bugle call (7) |
| 22 | | Fungus as life-threatening as a
tiger, we hear (7) |
| 26 | | Devout and sober minded Prime
Minister (4) |
| 27 | | Nincompoop left in a spot (4) |
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