Puzzle No. 3343

Puzzle No. 3343

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ACROSS

 1 Chaste, originally devout landlord grabs a cut of meat that was hidden in plain sight (9,6)

 9 Visually interpret clue about Rip Torn (3-4)

10 Drastically shorten tall chairs (7)

11 Mark of antiquity is almost opposite (6)

12 Way out back, pair of elephants and—oh!—a kitty (8)

14 Messages from taxi before limb smashes (10)

16 Evidence of injury in small vehicle (4)

19 Buzzer on front of porch makes sound heard in the street (4)

20 Gratuitously disruptive yell sensed (10)

22 Part of a cell’s resistance that is enveloping the breast (8)

25 Brownish gold to turn red in the sun (6)

28 Creature that’s mythological and mysteriously runic? No (7)

29 Pallid desire limits success (7)

30 Expressed perplexity in front of crashing bores, now engaged in the activity hinted at by the starts of five Across entries (7,4,4)

DOWN

 1 One who presided over a dance (5)

 2 Ultra-19 eccentric is well-regarded (9)

 3 Hero might have said this: “Bush” (8)

 4 Talented unknown takes up painting (4)

 5 The same thing is necessary to hold it together (5)

 6 Unfortunately, parent is wholly absorbed (6)

 7 It requires two to turn brown in the sun and leave (5)

 8 Strangely, Larry and I meet inside to greet the dawn (4,5)

13 Liberal Republican installed in commission (4)

14 Becky is confused about the opening for ridiculous play on words in some science fiction (9)

15 Created a cheese turnover (4)

17 Tom Cruise freaked out the wardrobe guy (9)

18 In France, what is found in oceans? Big trees (8)

21 Go along with unsatisfactory score on Tuesday (6)

23 Something to eat in Dublin, Ireland (5)

24 Brought material up! (4)

26 Expose one’s backside in all capitals, taking heroin and turning around? Never (5)

27 Bird was wounded by Newton (4)

SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3342

ACROSS 1 DIG + ERA + TI[me] 5 WAR SAW 10 WA-[x/N]-ED 11 CAR + EL + ABEL 12 F(ORGE)RY (ogre anag.) 13 PAR + ODIC 14 2 defs. 16 hidden 18 H(OLYGR)AIL (glory anag.) 19 A + RAB (rev.) 21 CUR-ETTE 22 anag. 24 UN(DERRAT)E (tarred rev.) 25 DEL(T)A (deal anag.) 26 T(W)ERPS 27 EMOT (rev.) + ICON (anag.)

DOWN 1 pun 2 hidden 3 anag. 4 init. letters (&lit.) 6 ALL + ERGEN (anag.) 7 SU(BED)ITOR 8 WILT (CHAMBER)LAIN 9 anag. 15 [k]COL + ERID + GE (rev.) 16 EX-AM/ORAL 17 A(GI)TPROP (pop art anag.) 20 “punned” + IT 22 B(R)EAM 23 C(O + LI)C

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