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Across
- 1. Wood from tree with nests (6)
- 4. Academic, losing head, copied trick (8)
- 9. Take possession of trophy, appearing coy on the outside (6)
- 10. Pitch before founder to evoke change of mind (4-4)
- 12. Cutting line to enter with extreme caution (8)
- 13. Timeless botanist grows tree in a pot (6)
- 15. Heart possibly left bleeding from fat (4)
- 16. Appropriate make-up is such (10)
- 19. Investor misses out in Hollywood setting (3,7)
- 20. Kick-start? (4)
- 23. Ask for support, mostly to get painting material (6)
- 25. Being broke, so I may skip inessential academic conferences (8)
- 27. Overwhelmed by dry day, little devil put on a weak smile (8)
- 28. Club's electronic panel needs fixing (6)
- 29. Lol! Limps with battered shoe (8)
- 30. Wastrel gets ale for drunk (6)
Down
- 1. Substitute starting to polish silver vessels is upset (7)
- 2. Dubs celebrity arrests to be 'superficial' (9)
- 3. Greece manages to export fruits (6)
- 5. See around Spain in a devious way (4)
- 6. Very silently, a pest draws to get near (8)
- 7. Lift opponents at the table, drunk, in pieces (5)
- 8. Sudden whim to restrict a South Indian's necessity (7)
- 11. He wouldn't remain in a dancing shoe (7)
- 14. Indecent to watch a bird down under (4-3)
- 17. A bibliophile's favourite haunt (9)
- 18. Not odd to fear snakes – snakes out in grasses! (8)
- 19. Somewhat apolitical, ace superstar steps into shoes (5,2)
- 21. Coach and team leader shower jointly,wanting to get hot (7)
- 22. Handsome young man needs a vote to get Oscar (6)
- 24. Mini-binoculars in the front reflecting a lot of light rings (5)
- 26. Scoundrel crushed by she-elephant (4)
