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Unpublished Beelzebub 8

ACROSS

1              Doctor met a historic physician (12)

12           No expert supports dropping one that’s brought in supply (9)

13           Local frog initially found beside water plant (5)

14           Mostly decisive about island emergency (6)

15           Makes trouble in Edinburgh in so misbehaving (8)

16           Shop supply not exactly suitable (4)

17           Rejected excessive compound of mixed origin (7)

19           Church upset seeing Rector dismissed regarding treatment of roof? (6)

23           Witch-doctor extracting hearts around a Caribbean tree (6)

24           Brown colour on a blue-green bird incorporates indication of maleness? (7)

26           Alone in handing out pound and lesser coins (4)

27           Promise equivalent of naughty step? (8)

29           A universal cost for metallic salt (6)

30           Spell ‘speckles’ the wrong way, omitting the C (5)

31           US soldier, one holding back frenzied guy of common rank (9)

32           With supporting structure in place, but lacerated badly (12)

DOWN

2              Chilean pianist arranged a prelude from Uruguay (5)

3              American decoy brought about American disorder (6)

4              Spots ice fragments when heading away (4)

5              Most of substitute chocolate container has orangey colour (7)

6              This wraps round weird pony show as one emerges from dream? (11)

7              American lyricist putting a touch of colour in simple rhymes, primarily (6)

8              Metal, one I’d found in climbing Scottish heath (7)

9              Poet upset, having dismissed Society’s facilities (6)

10           Popular team abandoned soccer player (10, 2 words)

11           Some upset about following guru contradicting doctrine? (10)

18           Popular novel a delightful thing (though not entirely the second time) (7, 2 words)

19           Cove with drainage channel – capital item (7)

20           Solver’s time to consume a healthy snack? (6)

21           Beer bill, say, for Cambridge graduate (6)

22           Seated, ready to absorb study (6)

25           A US TV show out of place in Scotland (5)

28           English Kings accepted Indian carriage (4)

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