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Beelzebub 1357

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ACROSS

1              Waller, perhaps, about to leave bundles (6)

6              Graphics format used by some American designer (7)

11           A tense appearance, having backed part of stock management (5)

12           Socialists again help out, after one goes missing (8)

13           Acing serve possibly prompts objections (10)

14           Plant offering antidote containing excellent line in organic compound (8)

16           US soldier and politician in coarse yarn (4)

17           Positive nonsense produces this comment (6)

18           Drinking party? Plain Scots will involve concession there (7)

21           Inclined to give way about lake of fluid waste (6)

23           Stylish, cutting down orange colouring (4)

25           One in Latvia shot white bear (8, 2 words)

26           Father put in acceptable flowers, encouragements for the kids (10)

27           Vehicle support suffered – about to be involved in cut (8)

28           Synthetic material can’t be kept in any longer? On the contrary (5)

29           Evidence of damage after passage of the storm or blizzard, say (7)

30           Increasing a vote among party grouping (6)

DOWN

1              Unclear about river (regarding its wildlife?) (6)

2              Superlative wiliness securing line for rock peak (8)

3              Most of school sadly upset after swallowing a bit of Indian cuisine (11, 2 words)

4              Picked up a revolutionary fish roe (6)

5              Nimble, incorporating cool flavours (7)

6              Expert in religion, ergo holiest in action (11)

7              Immense, encompassing large and fat (4)

8              Formula One driver dismissing one treatment for gout (5)

9              A new sweet? Inclination to get one feature of Mexican cuisine (11, 2 words)

10           Certainly trendy, empty and historically insubstantial (5)

15           Request committee to abandon contest (8)

17           Old Jack to contend with wife in field (7)

19           Female in Indian army imprisoning male (6)

20           Expression of discomfort given by a Chinese government (6)

21           Offensive American term: there’s a lot of protest (5)

22           Swiss botanist to see about climbing party (5)

24           Early – very early – prehistoric hill fort (4)

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