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1 TIPSY TIP, “the point” + S and Y
4 PSEUDONYM P{S}EUDON{Y}M, DUE, “expected”<=“back” + ON, “over” inside PM, “afternoon” with S and Y inserted
9 SATYRIC A + TRIC[-k] with S and Y inserted
10 OUTSTAY Anagram (“dilapidated”) of “auto” with S and Y inserted
11 DROWSY WORD<=“retro” + S and Y
12 NEW STYLE NEWT, “Salamander” + L(ake) + E, “last of JunE” with S and Y inserted
14 SIMPLICITY {S}IMPLICIT{Y}
15 OA[-t] with S to start and Y inserted
18 SONY {S}ON{Y}, ON being “working”
19 POSITIVELY LEVI “Strauss” + T(I)OP, “PuccinI ultimately inserted in high point” <=“in retrospect” with S and Y inserted
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21 EASTERLY Hidden in Greater London with S and Y inserted
23 SLEEPY PEEL, “skin”<=“seen in the mirror” flanked by S and Y
26 CAT’S EYE CATE, “Blanchett” + E, “beginning to Exhibit” with S and Y inserted
27 SYMPTOM S and Y then MP, “British politician” + (British actor) TOM “Holland”
28 SURVEY MAP U, “turn” + anagram (“flawed”) of REVAMP with S and Y inserted
29 SANDY S and Y
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1 TASED T(AS)ED—That “Williams” is TED and “playing” is AS, as in “Christopher Reeve AS Superman“
2 PATROLMAN Anagram (“ill-advised”) of “plan to arm”
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3 YARD SALE Anagram (“reorganized”) of “already” + S(alt)
4 PICK Double definition
5 EGOCENTRIC E(GO)(CENT)RIC
6 DETEST Anagram (“tamed”) of “steed” + central letter of “wesTern”
7 NUTTY Anagram (“decomposing”) of “Tut” inside N(ew) Y(ork)
8 MAYBE BABY MAY, “Thirty-One Days” + B, “second-rate” + B, “alBum’s third [letter]” inside EBAY, “online auction site”
13 SCHOOL TERM Anagram (“Engineer”) of “colors the” + M, “western edge of Muslim”
14 SESTERCES “Crest” is a letter bank, its parts used and reused to make the answer
16 OVEREATEN Anagram (“Give order to”) of “a tenor Eve”
17 DIPLOMAS Anagram (“Cultivated”) of “damp soil”
20 SERENE SEREN[-AD]E
22 SITAR S(I)TAR, I being 1, “‘the first”
24 YUMMY Last letter (“finally”) of pastrY + UM, “er” + MY, “belonging to the author”
25 RSVP Even letters (“Nothing odd”) in “Irish VIP”