Puzzle No. 3314

Puzzle No. 3314

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ACROSS

 1 In another country, hiding Turkish title for rock album (5,4)

 6 Vain reminder about university (5)

 9 End of trumpet solo ruined instruments (5)

10 Herons lie all over the place! (9)

11 Turn a circuit, keeping time for the band whose amp goes up to here (6,3)

12 See 7 down

13 Long story is fun if you read it backward (4)

14 Extraordinary debts following expert at archeological site (10)

18 Insults one among like people… (10)

19 …and promotes ousting leader of Germany (4)

22 Conservatives’ celebration is broadcast (5)

24 Members of group aren’t (in general) taking care of children (9)

26 Sorcerer, half looking back at weapon: “You’re wasting your time with this?” (9)

27 Consumed and vanquished, having lost first place (5)

28 Head of CIA abandoning clothes in African capital (5)

29 Worth undertaking after a foul? (4,5)

DOWN

 1Rent: it stars singers and dancers (7)

 2 Explosion of Internet writing about victory over gutless ref (7,2)

 3 Flunky in health club mixed up names (3-3)

 4 Attack Rolling Stone (5)

 5 Made a call and did no prep, unfortunately (7,2)

 6 Cachet of dissolute priest, e.g. (8)

 7 and 12 across Mediterranean flora exist in stereo, strangely (5,5)

 8 Shifts locations without a bit of publicity (7)

15 Talk about fashionable top keeping the water out (9)

16 One enters to refill damaged part of an engine (3,6)

17 Demonstrations in support of taxes (8)

18 Fruit company invested in a whirlwind trip (7)

20 Detected a trap inside Michigan city (7)

21 Said “swallow” as a joke (2,4)

23 Painful sound from out-of-tune organ (5)

25 Mountain crest facing away from overpass (5)

SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3313

ACROSS 1 VESTED INTERES (anag.) + T 8 anag. 9 ADMIR[e] + AL 11 YELL OW + JACK + ET 13 RE(CO)IL (lire anag.) 15 F + R(UCT)OSE (cut anag.) 18 2 defs. 19 MART + HA (rev.) 21 PART I CIP (rev.) + ANTS 25 SE + AWARD 26 GLU(T + T)ON 27 anag.

DOWN 1 hidden 2 anag. 3 anag. 4 hidden (&lit.) 5 TEA(MWOR)K (worm anag.) 6 hidden 7 S(TRIKE)OUT[h] 10 anag. 12 TR(I)UMP + HS 14 “rock coach” spoonerism 16 CHA(NTEU)SE (tune anag.) 17 PO(NIEDU)P (nude I anag.) 20 HAG + GLE (anag.) 22 I + M + AGE 23 rev. hidden 24 K + NIT (rev.)

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