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Across
- 1. Most secure seats set to accommodate foreigners, chiefly (6)
- 4. Increase stamina by taking up some rowing against the current (8)
- 10. Earnest hotel reserved empty table someone vacated (7)
- 11. Allowed good worker to stand in the way of revolutionary (7)
- 12. Suspension in a short while to protect ground until rain ultimately disappears (8)
- 13. Composition of hers with my revolutionary verses (6)
- 15. Message for those who’re late — Everything’s starting to get finished! (4)
- 17. Hopeless Proteas need form that’s missing, no? (9)
- 20. Inventors channelise energies to embrace invention, essentially (9)
- 21. Unemployed one led astray (4)
- 24. She presents numbers chastising erroneous content (6)
- 25. Gave clown gin mixed with a little bit of energy drink (8)
- 28. Encouraged by commercial, entered competition to win money (7)
- 29. Receive money to guard sculpted set of Asian origin (7)
- 30. Tried desperately to hide South Africa’s debacle (8)
- 31. Retrospectively assess employee withholding difficulties (6)
Down
- 1. Basically seam is cross, wobbly for cutters (8)
- 2. Burly criminal is capable of killing (5)
- 3. Knight occupies chair in English parliament (6)
- 5. Fixes drinks (4)
- 6. Cheaters frolicking with mistresses (8)
- 7. Evaluated drug said to overcome infectious mononucleosis, primarily (9)
- 8. Ordinary man’s tribute extremely short (6)
- 9. Value, down after acquiring firm, took a turn for the better (9)
- 14. Crushed by bowling poor speeds, taking ball away (9)
- 16. They make quills sharp, spreading even ink between papers’ margins (9)
- 18. Troubles for side playing overseas? (8)
- 19. Wife climaxes with husband finally pulling out new ways to come together (8)
- 22. Country that doesn’t share borders with setter’s country? (6)
- 23. Take to court after it’s beaten up in cells, in groups (6)
- 26. Requires massages, reportedly (5)
- 27. English degree, oddly, gives advantage (4)