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1 Speak indistinctly, in a low voice (6)

4 Sad (7)

10 17th century Dutch painter (9)

11 Residue (5)

12 Long and difficult journey (4)

13 Solid ground (5,5)

15 Free port (8)

16 Erase, expunge (6) 18 Peak (6)

20 Sweet made of almonds (8)

23 Servilely deferential (10) 24 Current events (4) 27 Become sore from rubbing (5)

28 Torment with a prize held just out of reach (9)

29 One hundred years (7) 30 Beard on the chin (6)

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1 Worthiness, value (5) 2 Violent storm (7)

3 Count (4)

5 Disposition, character (6) 6 Radiator fluid used in cold climates (10)

7 American grassland (7) 8 Wrap up, swathe (7) 9 Whale or dolphin (8) 14 Young offender (10) 15 Settle in comfortably (8) 17 Slander, defamation (7) 19 Error (7)

21 Foretell (7)

22 Remove suspended solids from a liquid (6) 25 Military encirclement (5) 26 Circle of light around a saint’s head (4)