Crossword for Sun, 4/Apr/2021

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Across
1: Dodgy queen is tender (5)

4: Succinct commission document (5)

7: Trap with hands? (3)

9: I head riveting, intriguing and quiet nationality (5)

10: Caught up in son's greed unfortunately (9)

11: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)

12: Steer TS into alternative routes (4,7)

14: One young lady who is out of order (5)

16: Goner osculates wildly (4,5)

17: Feeling distressed? Tea's no sin (9)

20: Dress up fakes without a shred of compunction (5)

21: With Starr finally out, Hyde's plan simply loses traction in a way (11)

23: Is Pat suitable? (3)

25: Mandarin tangled net in rage (9)

27: Some barbarians turned up for money (5)

28: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)

29: Shining silver base (5)

30: Volcano tops 100-1 odds at last (5)
Down
1: I love chewing up Mediterranean fruit (5)

2: Just grazed the pasty? (4-7)

3: Boxer Max returned, holding heroin, for treatment (5)

5: Tucks in untidy singlets, missing the tail end (7)

6: Fool, failing to finish, follows sprints (9)

7: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)

8: No government lawyer's thrilled to display being agreeable (3,6)

10: Shine audio, $40? (5)

13: Exegesis of clue an idiot misunderstood (11)

14: Conforming to good taste, I cast thee out (9)

15: Neighbours, say, note each period (4,5)

18: Bad blood from taking head off to slay William (3,4)

19: Starts to name Olivia Newton-John 'Country Entertainer' for the time being (5)

22: Carrying on thus, for some reason I create a sort of boom (5)

24: Opera Asians (5)

26: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)




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