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Cryptic Clues

No. Across Size
1 Italian passion ends with a nervous twitch (8)
5 Ascend within the back of South Africa when just knighted (6)
9 Sounds like no hell for detail of restrained person - ending was formerly known. (8)
10 A passenger carrier in front of Emergency Room goes too far. (6)
12 Get on a match! (6)
13 Have faith, vile bee! (7)
15 Despite Inane Protest, showing good appearance (12)
18 Poor Tess Is Too Confused without Tea. She's bone weary. (12)
23 A last hum, like a nervous nuptial chamber (8)
24 Seen Zen without his finishing a tissue? (6)
26 Maggie torn in two before pie becomes a bird. (6)
27 Bad ironing brings in MORE crumple. (8)
28 Try tan solution - It rules! But rather opressive. (6)
29 Mead was around, sure. But how much? (8)
No. Down Size
1 It's a circular liar, da (6)
2 I fool without Kay to shake off imperialism (6)
3 I have a whole nether region around me. A lie for both of us. (7)
4 Can one be ten on a mountain? Just kidding. (4)
6 Vot a measly bull ear! (7)
7 Me sty (sic) is quite methodical (8)
8 Strange rugs nose behind skilled doctors (8)
11 Put a band on together, and they desert you! (7)
14 Miss O so confused is so diffused! (7)
16 Join prisoner and entice to cause disdain (8)
17 He's odder because he's unknown (8)
19 Take a short advertisement, from the adoration, you speak too much (7)
20 Darn sin, this disembowelling stuff. (7)
21 Couple them again - as good as new! (6)
22 It's a mythical inscription, my foot! (6)
25 Neat mix to soundly poke her stake. (4)

Straight Clues

No. Across Size
1 Idealistic, especially in love. (8)
5 Gets out of his bed! (6)
9 Prisoner (8)
10 One who misuses his authority (6)
12 Get onto a vehicle (6)
13 Have faith in something (7)
15 One's appearance to others (12)
18 Bone-crumbling condition (12)
23 Of an Inner room or Nuptial chamber (8)
24 Atishoo! (6)
26 Bird with it's own rhyme for sorrow and joy. (6)
27 Add to; Make larger (8)
28 Opressive ruler (6)
29 Found amount of units. (8)
No. Down Size
1 Around a circle (6)
2 Modern system of measurement (6)
3 Not one nor the other (7)
4 Wild mountain goat (4)
6 German Measles (7)
7 Methodical; Take whole picture (8)
8 Operators (8)
11 Desert; Give it up (7)
14 Water moving through a membrane (7)
16 Disdain; Disrespect (8)
17 Don't talk to one of these! (8)
19 Speech (7)
20 Intestines (7)
21 Fix (6)
22 A myth or fable (6)
25 Poker stake (4)

Hints

No. Across
1 From a famous Italian place, and another name for a nervous twitch.
5 Initials of South Africa backwards around another meaning for Ascend.
9 "No hell" sounds like what. Apply this to DETAIL, and add meaning for "Formerly known"
10 "A", Another word for Passenger Carrier, then Initials.
12 Means "get on". Another name for a match.
13 Means "have faith". Anagram of VILE BEE.
15 Anagram - meanings derive from SHOWING and APPEARANCE
18 Anagram without T. Bone weary is a clue to the condition
23 Anagram, meaning derived from "nuptial chamber" and also to do with "nervous"
24 Anagram without last letter of name - say to yourself, "a tissue".
26 Cut "maggie" in two pieces, and take one piece with pie. Result is a type of bird.
27 In + Crumple gives MORE.
28 Anagram of Try tan. Key words: "rules" and "opressive".
29 "Mead" around "Sure". Meaning: How much. Note tense.
No. Down
1 Anagram
2 Find alternative words for I and FOOL, and remove Kay. Answer is not imperial.
3 One word around another. Clue is about negatives.
4 Roman numerals are used. Clues are "mountain" and "kidding".
6 Anagram. Measly is a clue.
7 Anagram. Means "methodical"
8 Anagram. Clue is "Skilled Doctors".
11 Link some words together. Clue is "desert".
14 Anagram. A type of diffusion.
16 Prisoner + Entice = Disdain
17 Clue is "odder" and "he's unknown"
19 Shortening of "advertisement" from adoration. Clue is "speak"
20 Anagram. Disembowelling produces the result.
21 Prefix for "Again" followed by another word for "couple", making something "as good as new"
22 Clue is "Mythical". If you head's at the end of your neck, where's your foot?
25 Anagram. Clue: "Poke Her" Stake.

Explanations

No. Across
1 Circular means radial, LIAR DA is an anagram of RADIAL
5 Ascend is RISE, back of South Africa means the initial SA backwards - AS. Put these around RISE, you get ARISES. This is something you do when you've just been knighted.
9 "No hell" sounds like "No L". So take L off DETAIL, and add meaning of "formerly know" - ie. NEE, gives you DETAINEE, which is a restrained person.
10 "A", then a passenger carrier - "BUS", then initials of "Emergency Room" - "ER" gives ABUSER. An abuser is one who crosses the accepted boundaries.
12 "get on" means ALIGHT. If I ask you for "A LIGHT", then you might give me A MATCH.
13 BELIEVE means "Have Faith". VILE BEE Is anagram of BELIEVE.
15 Anagram of INANE PROTEST is PRESENTATION. A SHOWING of something (e.g. a cinema film). Also another name for a person's APPEARANCE.
18 Take "POOR TESS IS TOO", take out the T (Tea). This is anagram (confused) of OSTEOPOROSIS, which is a bone-wasting condition - thus "Bone Weary".
23 Thalamic anagram of "a last hum". Thalamus is a nuptial chamber; Thalamic is "like" a nuptial chamber. Thalamus is also where a nerve starts, hence "nervous"
24 Anagram of "Seen Zen" without the last letter of his name - i.e. take off N. Gives anagram of "SEENZE". "A tissue" is the sound a sneeze makes.
26 Take word "Maggie" and cut in half. Becomes "Mag". This is before "pie", thus add "pie" to end to give "MAGPIE", which is a type of bird.
27 Bad ironing would increase (MORE) the creases. Also, combined the word "IN" and another words for crumple "CREASE" to make INCREASE, another word for "MORE".
28 TRY TAN - Anagram of "TYRANT", which is an opressive ruler.
29 Take "mead" and put around "sure" to get "MEASURED". To find how much, you would (note past tense) have MEASURED.
No. Down
1 Circular means radial, LIAR DA is an anagram of RADIAL
2 Substute I for ME and fool for TRICK, gives you METRICK. Remove K (Kay), gives METRIC. Imperial is the old system of measurement before Metric - thus we want to shake it off.
3 The word "I" has "NETHER" around it to make the answer "NEITHER". The clue "I have" is a lie for both me and someone else. Therefore I, and somebody else DOESN'T HAVE. Neither has.
4 One - Roman numeral "I"; "BE"; Ten - Roman numeral "X". Gives "IBEX", which is a mountain goat (goat's young is a kid).
6 Anagram of BULL EAR - RUBELLA, which is German Measles. This is why it is Measly, and the Vot is a slightly dodgy intimation to the nationality!
7 Anagram of "ME STY (SIC)" is SYSTEMIC, which means "methodical"
8 Strange means "rearrange", so rearrange "rugs nose" to give SURGEONS, who are skilled doctors.
11 Link "A" "BAND" "ON" to make "ABANDON", another word for which is DESERT.
14 Anagram (confused) of "MISS O SO" - OSMOSIS, which is the diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane. O those halcyon days of biology classes!
16 Slang for Prisoner is "CON" (short for convict), Entice means "TEMPT". Join to give "CONTEMPT", another meaning of disdain.
17 Answer is "STRANGER" which means both "Odder" and "Unknown Person".
19 Shortening of "advertisement" is AD. Take from adoration, gives "ORATION", the answer, which is a long speech.
20 Anagram of "DARN SIN" is "INNARDS". Stuff that's produced by disembowelling is INNARDS.
21 "Re" is a prefix meaning "do again", and "Pair" is a couple, thus REPAIR. On repairing something, makes it as good as new.
22 A Legend is mythical, and an inscription is also a Legend. My foot is a rather corny pun - Foot's on the end of your leg - your leg-end!
25 Anagram of "NEAT" is "ANTE" which is a poker (sound like "poker her") stake.

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