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Enigmatic Variations No. 1335: Treasure Hunt

Blank crossword grid

The grid has 180-degree symmetry, and clues are in the normal order. The TREASURE HUNT ends in the usual way, though solvers must select which option is correct, and highlight that cell. The options are omitted from wordplay in the relevant clues; accommodations necessary to fit words into the grid will point the way. Bars and clue numbers need not be entered; Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.

Good people having fish surrounded by chips
Pens obligation, which sons should keep
Notice no editing of Sun reinterpreted parts of speech
No longer beset by a fool
Hard following doctrine with no name or power
Older woman’s fitted with wider hemline, short in length, ending in flounce
One straightens out before spinning large vehicle into oak? (two words)
Priest, in a sermon, is no longer harsh
Wrong to have fashionable Duke abandoning hard-working noble 
Make wide inspection once in a desire to assess
Aged character, one from Scotland? Only one quarter Scottish
Tiny creature, annoying fly, swallowing seaweed cold
Concert arranger withholding concert, getting support from Scotland 
Rarely disperse line gripped by enthusiasm for America, nothing less
Angry response about new, short-lasting hair colour 
A coin is representing this European capital
Isolated country zone in valley being recalled
Recycled sole place for women in church
Pretence kept up, beset by familiar pressure? That’s the loser’s place (two words)
A navy’s besieging of continental port 
One bag is wrapping for each ham 
Old cow not the same after end of October
Shellfish represented as coast ornament?
Old supporter, wise guy, turning up during kick-off with Hearts
Won, engaging in croquet manoeuvre on a further occasion?
Always half of guests overlooked where date’s indicated 
Poet’s role, participating in eisteddfod
Sacrifice with several components – usual ratio I’ve misjudged
Raged about area with pillars 
Live very well, being uplifted amidst activity in plant 
Hormone that sees the Parisienne staying in control
Exclamation when cornered by – say – horrible witch 
Unhappy about soft location of reproductive activity 
Possibly enough said about the setter’s cat
Divide everything over religious text?
French product: legal case sees no place for France in it

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