CROSSWORD

No. 16,118 Set by VELIA

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1 Chastised for joke I dropped 1 Cue for politician to withhold
(8) love (6)
 
5 Saw the innards of fleshy 2 Men rub off figure (6)
supine Swedes (6) 3 Darned small woolly animal
 9 Showing exclamation of with odd tail (5)
surprise, I swear! (2,2,4) 4 Working Danes have rights
 
10 Protection from weapon and jobs (7)
belonging to us (6) 6 Saint gagged and put on the
12 Also known as rubbish dump, rack (9)
  
nosey! (9) 7 I would love the French to
  13 Art’s back in school (5) attempt reverence (8)
14 Dashes off and stalls (4) 8 Ask nerds to dissipate the
   16 Thriftiness, not fine, fancy gloom (8)
 
clothes (1-6) 11 Leave out some bathroom
19 Change abandoning criminal items (4)
   sort (7) 15 Sixteen confused with church
21 Unpleasant part of procedure life (9)
reviewed (4) 17 Service still no good (8)
  24 Near junction 8 (5) 18 First, build an oil rig (8)
25 Shifting scenery as required 20 Bugger all nitrogen, oxygen
(9) and neon (4)
 
27 Having this hurts neither 21 Get over always eating
Italians nor Greeks to begin crushed ice (7)
with (6) 22 Discount drop including
28 Accompaniment could be French wine (6)
JOTTER PAD right looker (4,4) 23 In this way initially you
29 Brilliant head of Georgian prevent fever (6)
antique (6) 26 Audibly gives up nuts (5)
30 Jam contains herb notes (8)