8 German for "Mrs" (4)
9 Composure (10)
10 Two-piece bathing suit (6)
11 A Chinese dialect (8)
12 Angelic headgear (4)
13 Excessive (10)
17 Excavates (4)
18 Permit (5)
19 Modern day Persia (4)
20 Sniggering (10)
22 Dogfish (4)
23 A type of quail (8)
27 A type of strong liquor (6)
28 Oversimplify (10)
29 Require (4)
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1 Supplying dry land with water (10)
2 Radiant (8)
3 Valid (10)
4 An island in the Marianas (4)
5 In a little while (archaic) (4)
6 Mar (6)
7 Pocketbook (4)
14 Prefix meaning more than one (5)
15 Rated lower (10)
16 Traded or exchanged (10)
19 Integral (8)
21 Hooded (6)
24 Mineral-bearing rocks (4)
25 Formerly Saddam's country (4)
26 Heroic (4)