1 Authorization (8)
5 Fading (6)
9 Plunged (8)
10 Motto (6)
12 Acquires deservedly (5)
13 A white gypsum used for carving (9)
14 A rolled up document (6)
16 Diary (7)
19 Badmouths (7)
21 A parakeet or cockatoo (6)
23 Extremity (9)
25 Different (5)
26 Short sleep (6)
27 Read aloud for recording (8)
28 Wife or husband (6)
29 Used (8)
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1 Anagram of "Milers" (6)
2 Dealing with numbers (9)
3 ____ and Caicos Islands (5)
4 Including everything (7)
6 Besiege (9)
7 Metal bar (5)
8 Army officers (8)
11 A pilgrimage to Mecca (4)
15 Coordinates (9)
17 Beginners (9)
18 Stalemates (8)
20 Smack (4)
21 Forecast (7)
22 Marked (6)
24 Prefix indicating the first or original (5)
25 Base 8 number system (5)