Independent Cryptic #10938

2021-11-02

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Across

1a

Spooner's imitation of dervish during dance destroyed partition (6,4)

6a

Maybe brass neck-ring is almost light in your hand (4)

9a

Man behind the mic spelling out its limits (5)

10a

Saving hospital doctor saline's the breath of life (9)

12a

New baby pinched by two fiends in the night (6)

13a

Penny and Victor going into drama college daily (6)

17a

Veteran of theatre in gilded bar opening last of Bollinger ... (3,6)

18a

... Enjoyed with others, its contents go quickly (4)

20a

Stuff happens in the middle after batting similarly in the morning (4)

21a

Astronomical explosion of prunes wrecked eggs (9)

23a

For example, I'm not running in lead (6)

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24a

Looking back, no hand cut by back of the knife? (6)

27a

Recasting Tosca during interval suited man's habit (9)

29a

What might have A Map of the World on? (5)

30a

Waste of mine left in sink (4)

31a

Place in Jerusalem to obtain ham seen vandalised (10)

Down

1d

Wept and sang like a moderate soprano, perhaps in the absence of war (4)

2d

Game of trying to beat the devil? (6,5)

3d

Wrong, as professional 22D should be? (8)

4d

Little prick's agent gets introductions to Gielgud, Antony Sher and Herbert Tree (7,3)

5d

Growing plenty drunk (4)

7d

Sash that's too big trimmed to fit (3)

8d

Security arrest gangster casing empty theatre (10)

11d

Standard title for men now acting upset (4)

14d

Messiah's difficult passage or solo a diva botched (3,8)

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15d

Beautiful area mum fences off against slugs (5,5)

16d

Safety device makes William's weird sister fall over (4,6)

19d

Art Elgin shifted, a pediment perhaps (8)

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22d

Shy people picked to perform (4)

25d

Degenerate couples swapped in centre of blue room (4)

26d

Attending a theatre but leaving at once? Actually twice (4)

28d

Mount photo on card with details beginning to appear (3)