Cryptic crossword, Issue 21

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Cryptic #9, set by Kelpie: Download as a PDF or solve below!

Across clues

  • 1. Ordinary counting number. (7)
  • 4. Basic statements about first accepted unknown charged atoms gaining mass by losing neutron. (6)
  • 7. Divine blood from one refrain swallowing oxygen. (8)
  • 8. A flat topped cone? Made from iron last. (3)
  • 9. Illinois elevated railways made from initially electric locomotive siding. (3)
  • 11. I’m after initially tough review clip. (4)
  • 14. A candle on fire. (6)
  • 15. Mark spring cleaning instrument without initial extension rod head for magazine. (9)
  • 16. Valley seen in shaping lens. (4)
  • 17. Endless untruths, Sophus? (3)
  • 19. Centres of attention? An ellipse has two. (4)
  • 20. Ode moving brood. (4)
  • 21. Units of area measurement augmented reality. (2)
  • 22. Endless frost forms an edge. (3)
  • 24. Outpouring from heads of joint European team. (3)
  • 25. Papers I initially devoured. (2)
  • 26. Quite easily demonstrated leads the way for ending proofs. (3)
  • 28. Continuous or discrete? Transformation leaves an object unchanged! (9)
  • 30. Eco-friendly son of a baker. (5)

Down clues

  • 1. Type of analysis studies refashioned minute unclear line. (9)
  • 2. Spin tornado without hesitation. (5)
  • 3. Egyptian sun god starts to really admire Helios. (3)
  • 5. On the back page, put tea in them after contest. (4,3,4)
  • 6. Kingly community is oldest scientific academy. (5,7)
  • 10. A sailor’s drink without Romeo? Shocking! (4)
  • 12. Sacrilege hiding upset. (4)
  • 13. This topologist’s an Irish son of a … cartoon beer? (6)
  • 18. I say, it is in the same source. (4)
  • 20. First-rate notation for a derivative. (5)
  • 22. Field perhaps? found in superstring. (4)
  • 23. Vhat, Vhere, …? Sounds like our favourite diagram creator. (4)
  • 27. Sounds like I contained in Disneyesque facial feature. (3)
  • 29. My uncle initially sounds like a cow. (2)

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