Accessible version of Cryptic crossword No 29,423

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Blanks

  • Line 1: H
  • Line 2: A C E G I K M O
  • Line 3: E
  • Line 4: A C E G I K M O
  • Line 5: G
  • Line 6: A C D E G I K M O
  • Line 7: J
  • Line 8: A B C E F G I J K M N O
  • Line 9: F
  • Line 10: A C E G I K L M O
  • Line 11: I
  • Line 12: A C E G I K M O
  • Line 13: K
  • Line 14: A C E G I K M O
  • Line 15: H

Across

  1. (1A) Camp entertainer is an old soldier (7)
  2. (1I) Rage at seducer, a bloodsucker (7)
  3. (3A) Band shortening housework (4)
  4. (3F) How to secure a little garlic? (5,5)
  5. (5A) Arouse reader (6)
  6. (5H) Stranded across lake, turned white (8)
  7. (7A) Buzz off, dude – head off for bliss (9)
  8. (7K) Secret police in almost unmoving position (5)
  9. (9A) Nasty mark on end of toe is a big worry (5)
  10. (9G) Can enter amazing year, a notable one (9)
  11. (11A) One struggling to recall a cinema’s collapse (8)
  12. (11J) Countenance decline in struggle (6)
  13. (13A) Man that’s simple and safe as a disciple (5,5)
  14. (13L) Attack drawer with papers (4)
  15. (15A) Mockingly say led inside, returning stripped (7)
  16. (15I) Rage can break out, leading to mass slaughter (7)

Down

  1. (1B) Flipping heavy book: Vulcan’s expressing feelings (7)
  2. (1D) He takes a bow, promoted in police department (5)
  3. (1F) Very old canine tooth’s first to disintegrate (7)
  4. (1J) A uniform required for exam? (1-5)
  5. (1L) Noble not turning up for university (9)
  6. (1N) Chirpy types heading off youthful disease (7)
  7. (2H) Site of imperial palaces in Bedford, remarkably big town (9,4)
  8. (7D) Being aggressively smashed in Hull? (9)
  9. (9B) Victor avoiding hot pink flower (7)
  10. (9J) Pub, a place for souvlaki and retsina? (7)
  11. (9N) Dishonestly manipulating tackle (7)
  12. (10F) I’d raised short magic formula to cause disappearance (6)
  13. (11L) Father with new alluring woman (5)