1. Intrinsic (8)
5. Brilliant (6)
9. A sudden unforeseen crisis (8)
10. Setting (6)
12. Compare (5)
13. Previously mentioned (9)
14. Uproar (6)
16. File (7)
19. Deny (7)
21. Erase (6)
23. Villain (9)
25. An Italian woman of rank (5)
26. Easel (6)
27. Moving toward one (8)
28. Empathize (6)
29. Strangeness (8)
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1. Worthy principles (6)
2. Not thinness (9)
3. The color of most grass (5)
4. Praise vociferously (7)
6. Worldwide (9)
7. Heath (5)
8. Edge (8)
11. Crucifix (4)
15. Hepatica (9)
17. Tending to give emphasis (9)
18. It measures the distance travelled (8)
20. Not strong (4)
21. The easing of tensions (7)
22. A Scottish dish of offal (6)
24. Patter (5)
25. Hindu loincloth (5)