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Independent 7548 solution

Given that it was a Friday, and a puzzle from me had not appeared that week, and the hidden pseudonym was given as ???, very few regulars (at fifteensquared, at least) failed to guess who it was.  See the blog here. 

ACROSS

8              NIJINSKY; I + anag. in NY

9              RE-ECHO; anag. + 0

10           LEAP; hidden

11           I-AND-I; anag.

12           IVAN; cf. vain

13           PILE; Pil(at)e

14           ASTROLABES; anag.

15           EDDIES; (t)eddies

17           UNWELL; UN well!

21           BRAINSTORM; B rainstorm

24           PITH; pit h

25           TWIT; twi(s)t

26           ILIAD; I + Dail (rev.)

27           MARK; M ark

28           ANORAK; a N or a K

29           APOSTATE; a post ate

DOWN

1              TIDELINE; deli in tine

2              HIPPIE; hip pie

3              ESTIMATE (8)

4              CYGNETS; c,y + anag.

5              ORSINO; R sin in 0 0

6              MEDITATE; me + it in date

7              PHRASE; r in phase

16           DRIFTERS; d (g)rifters

18           NAME-DRO(P); anag.

19           LITERAT(I); I in anag.

20           MOHICAN; hic! in moan

22           ROWENA; anew or (all rev.)

23           STINKO; tin in sko(l)

24           PSMIT(H); MS (rev.) in pit

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