1 Surprise attack (6)
4 Learned (8)
10 Slept (9)
11 Genus of rhubarb (5)
12 Work (5)
13 Transcription (9)
14 Inflict agony (7)
16 Slide (4)
19 City in Norway (4)
21 Entrails (7)
24 Silence (9)
25 Introduction (abbrev.) (5)
26 Proof of innocence (5)
27 Coalitions (9)
28 Forces (8)
29 Lovely young women (6)
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1 Perfect or complete (8)
2 Thrush (8)
3 Not intoxicated (5)
5 Surmises (7)
6 A spice-scented flower (9)
7 A clasp for "neckwear" (6)
8 Request forcefully (6)
9 Plod (6)
15 Disturbing (9)
17 Vital (8)
18 Adopts a theory or policy (8)
20 Perform surgery (7)
21 An inner sole of a shoe (6)
22 A quadrilateral (6)
23 A figure of speech (6)
25 Picture (5)