Independent Cryptic #11129

2022-06-14

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Across

1a

See 14 Across

10a

1 mafioso pursues crime after kicking drug (3,6)

11a

14-1's sphere about to absorb, er, everyone's sphere (5)

12a

Item worn by woman asleep next to Bond (7)

13a

See 24 Down

14a
1a

(and 1 Across) Description of movement's frequently a mess if Spooner spits it out (4-13)

16a

A couple of cricket sides seen at intervals (2-3-3)

20a

13 or 22 possibly taking over independent nation (8)

21a

Jelly available in tea garden (4)

24a

Bit of fruit leading to sinful occasion's a banana skin (7)

25a

Old 1 and silent 1 each losing a million (3-4)

27a

Did egg on uniform ultimately trigger meeting with my boss? (5)

28a

Close temperatures keeping characters from hiking round Thailand (5-4)

29a

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Down

2d

Important chap reportedly avoided a disputed territory when travelling north (2,3)

3d

Collector's item's a bloody state, I suppose! (6)

4d

Wet earth covering animal's lair (6)

5d

Avoiding both fringes, old Labour leader starts to eat next to Green (8)

6d

Perhaps Facebook users have seen zit burst by noon (8)

7d

Dangerous strain sees father and son kept apart by national government (5,4)

8d

Old men with power like propping up old royal (8)

9d
29a

(and 29 Across) Certain artists could be 14-1s by the sound of it (4,13)

15d

14-1 has time for Brussels to mature with a bit of manure in plot (9)

17d

What rice does for sushi eaters' sake? (8)

18d

Cycling star to turn and get off seat (8)

19d

Fickle Methuselah no longer has the hots for mimics (8)

22d

Cheat hanging around own goal area - 1 often seen with 10 (6)

23d

Group including a precise number (6)

24d
13a

(and 13 Across) 14-1's spanner regularly fixing disruption to Suez Canal when one end's blocked (4,7)

26d

Tattooist has a change of heart relating to private area? (5)