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Across
- 9. Spurious drug — keep 50% in reserve (7)
- 10. Show workers (7)
- 11. He follows what is cast in the river (7)
- 12. Work's very regressive, problem for phalanger (7)
- 13. Drinks break, stump on pitch (5,4)
- 15. Window gives option to get money back (5)
- 16. One is envious hearing the bell (7)
- 19. Overarm — It's disadvantageous and hurts (7)
- 20. Saying the Chinese leader only comes in the morning (5)
- 21. Heard after midnight, caught one's eye... (9)
- 25. ...As in races, perhaps (7)
- 26. Countryman repatriated by European airline without hesitation (7)
- 28. Wine is free inside plane (7)
- 29. Delay in animal retracting tongue (7)
Down
- 1. Suit those for digging trenches (6)
- 2. "Wonder maiden", Ravel's composition (6)
- 3. Found it soft to touch (4)
- 4. Smell of sweat emanating from old boozer (6)
- 5. First two sputniks, one with a wheel (8)
- 6. Expert on growth prospects — "After silver, iron most used" (10)
- 7. Has to throw, it's annoying (8)
- 8. Simultaneous play, not one with a cue (8)
- 14. Harry reads about the Frenchman's poker (10)
- 16. A month end in Delhi for Herb (8)
- 17. Get up the platform when it's denied (8)
- 18. The wisdom of Washington, in a way supports the legend (8)
- 22. Fire! I get in or out? (6)
- 23. Cloud unable to burst (6)
- 24. Girls get into horse drawn cart, find it boring (6)
- 27. They were wise to join college, it was enchanting (4)
