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ACROSS
1 Remove all planes to relieve tension (5,3,3) CLEAR THE AIR
9 The devil in Heather making slow progress (7) L(IMP)ING
10 Take-away person returning food to get large cut (7) BURG<-LAR
11 Sparklers might leave one cold (3) ICE
12 Adjusted with a bribe (7) SQUARED
13 Very interested in getting a fix (7) RIVETED
14 Drink to do up in addition (3) TOT
15 Aimed at disrupting ways of communicating (5) MEDIA*
17 Swift traveller not having to pull back for something to eat (5) (-FREE) LIVER
18 Being simple one's in a taxi going back (5) BA(SI)C<-
20 The girl that is leaving life at an unwanted level (5) SHE L(-IE)F
22 Say that again and it's goodbye to Wooster & Co? (3) POP
24 He gave humbugs for Christmas (7) SCROOGE
25 Picture a box with nothing in it (6) CARTO(O)N
26 Cheer the last half (3) (-HOO) RAH
27 Not the corner building (7) ROTUNDA
28 Charm Una more subtly (7) ENAMOUR*
29 Trouble about underwear revealing nothing on in the gathering light (7,4) {HAR(VEST) (M} O ON)
DOWN
1 Rise to a non-racing occasion? (4,2,2,7) COME UP TO SCRATCH
2 English farm animals said to show wit (7) E PIG RAM
3 Some idea of following the outfit without deviating (5) RIG ID
4 Take the rest of the winter to brew a thin beer (9) HIBERNATE*
5 Coming to represent a two-headed competitor (7) AR<- RIVAL
6 This or that member of the family? (8,7) RELATIVE PRONOUN
7 Not much room near the beginning (6) CLOSE T
8 He's in business to hurry up a mission to get rid of foreign currency (6) TRAD<-ER<-
16 Frantic peers having to be moved during the day (9) D(ESPER)ATE
18 Ribs to be stewed in a restaurant (6) BISTRO*
19 He delivers numbers from a creditor or takes one in (7) CR O(ONE)R
21 A long way to travel carrying an artist - what nonsense? (7) FAR RA GO
23 Write an acceptable line in financial difficulty (6) PEN U RY
25 Take in warmth after getting cold (5) C HEAT
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17 Swift traveller// not having to pull back for //something to eat (5)
Swift here is reference to Jonathan Swift and his traveller
is of course, Gulliver.
The anno is: GUL<- LIVER
LUG=Pull
Thanks a lot, Bhargav - that explains is perfectly!
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