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Independent 9295 solution

The ever-reliable Duncan Shiell in his fifteensquared blog of the puzzle identifies all the thematic material, including the rather cheeky 29, and he also notes 20.

Filled crossword grid

ACROSS

1              ST MAGNUS; m in stag + Sun (rev.)

5              ORKNEY; (o)ne in anag.

9              WEDDING; cf. weeding

10           SUNRISE; Sir N (rev.) in sue

11           RECKLESSLY; (f)reckles sly

12           ABED; a be(n)d

14           OMIT; o MIT

16           BADMINTON; bad mint on

18           HARANGUES; h + an in argues

19           HARP; (s)harp

21           MAYO; May 0

22           SCOTCH MIST; scotch ‘missed’

26           FIDDLER; f (t)iddler

27           SHUTTLE; shut t(a)le

28           LAMMAS; m in lamas

29           PETER OUT; anag. in pout

DOWN

1              SEWERS; s(K)ewers

2              MEDOC; M + code (rev.)

3              GUILLOTINE; lot in in guile

4              URGES; (s)urges

6              RUNE; run E

7              NAIL-BITER; anag. inc. e – l

8              YIELDING; y (f)ielding

10           SOLIDUS; solid US

13           LIGHTHOUSE; anag.

15           MARTYRDOM; yr in mart dom(e)

16           BOUNCER; ounce in BR

17           SHAMEFUL; sham + anag.

20           AT REST; a tres t

23           TASTE; hidden

24           INTRO; r in into

25           PLEA; P lea(k)

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