Puzzle No. 3303

Puzzle No. 3303

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ACROSS

 1 Imitated 12 incorrectly (8)

 5 It is in the center, turning blue (6)

10 Where you find, e.g.: rot, corrupt! (5)

11 Unusual contents of revolver (a Luger) ricocheting backward (9)

12 Allocated or redistributed 24 (8)

13 $1,000 gain initially consumed by longtime urge (3,2)

15 Threatening property of domino users (7)

18 Artist posed among actors (7)

19 Temporary termini getting renovated (7)

21 Trumpeter’s upset stomach (7)

23 REM, perhaps, takes off westward (5)

24 Drone destroying 31 (8)

28 Ecstatic choir pads all over the place (9)

29 Where to stay very warm? The middle of hell (5)

30 Claw heir to the throne, having delayed resistance (6)

31 Sign of sadness results from changing 1 across (8)

DOWN

 1 Wine is left (4)

 2 Frankenstein’s second overseeing his assistant with strictness (5)

 3 Bermuda, for one, mostly imprisons sailor in northern province (7)

 4 Live and die keeping secrecy at the forefront (5)

 6 Birds covered by Radiohead’s apology (7)

 7 Stage hip-hop in remix of The Wire (9)

 8 Installation of a sovereign in Chad or Oman? (10)

 9 Poorly scripted prophesies (8)

14 Entertainers’ tour is a daily feature (5,5)

16 Largely underwater? (2,3,4)

17 Noir detective beat dames with sap (3,5)

20 Come back, reversing minor concession in religious observance (7)

22 Move quickly to capture revolutionary guru (7)

25 Leaders in epidemiology must completely eradicate ebola’s host (5)

26 Alternative route is far from the hub (5)

27 Republicans adopting piece of loathsome slime (4)

SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3302

ACROSS 1 [h]AL(LOVER)T + HEP + LACE 9 MOV[i]ES 10 F(ERALC)ATS (clear anag.) 11 anag. 12 FIR-[e]/M + WAR-[m]/E 13 hidden 15 SAGA CITY 17 SNAP + PIER 19 FOR + UM 21 “he coals” Spoonerism 22 A + NKLET (anag.) 25 TR(O.J.)AN WAR (warrant anag.) 26 2 defs. 27 anag.

DOWN 1 AR(MY + BRA)T 2 LI(V)I + D 3 hidden 4 R + AFT 5 HA(RBI)NGER 6 POLE + MIC 7 A LAB + ASTER 8 [f]/E-ASTER 14 anag. 15 SPIDER (rev.) + WEB 16 I + MIT + ATE + D 18 PR + OF + AN + E 19 FINA(G)LE 20 rev. 23 rev. 24 FRAU[d]

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