Otago Daily Times

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. False informatio­n supplied by girl after registered lightweigh­t material (10)

6. Brand parts of cow’s ears (4)

9. Bring round dog and vet shortly (5)

10. At what point detective, punched by troublemak­er, cried weakly (9)

12. Hitler, somehow guarded by SS, acts like a snake (8)

13. We run after the castrated ram (6)

15. Chapter of saga included another time (5)

16. Bitterness a tribe resolved in evacuated country (8)

18. Gable shut up outside US capital (8)

20. Metric unit or units of measuremen­t on network (5)

23. Hound has crossed over river so far (6)

24. Pupil finally collecting scholarshi­p (8)

26. Bring back governor, say (9)

27. Everyone moved over to island made of coral (5)

28. Decline a long, detailed story (4)

29. American short-story writer previews writers of inferior verse (10)

DOWN

1. Plants with droopy flowers fellow cultivated as such around island (8)

2 & 25. Bishop linked to UK, on safari, transforme­d West African country (7,4)

3. One in Palestine has treated disease that causes gross enlargemen­t of body parts (13)

4. Weak barrel, given a shake, is crook (10)

5. Announceme­nt of marketing cruise (4)

7. Others upset about a hearing (7)

8. Tracking devices, ones not needed in organised air-raids (6)

11. Britney Spears corrupted churchgoer­s (13)

14. One leaving title with men in establishe­d colony (10)

17. Scottish mountain girl is with people in Asia (8)

19. Doing the wrong thing about a piece of jewellery (7) 21. Harmful denial one associated with a few (7)

22. Routine work not completed by US company of singers (6) 25. See 2

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