1. A chemical accelerator (8)
5. Japanese hostess (6)
9. Mandatory completion time (8)
10. Large lizard (6)
12. S S S S (5)
13. Plainly (9)
14. Coercion (6)
16. African pullover (7)
19. Delinquent (7)
21. Part of a dress (6)
23. An indefinite location (9)
25. Brazilian dance (5)
26. Arch of the foot (6)
27. Bitter (8)
28. Arouse (6)
29. Relating to speech sounds (8)
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1. Old man (6)
2. Impart gradually (9)
3. Jaunty rhythms (5)
4. Curved (7)
6. Immersed (9)
7. Smacks (5)
8. Literary criticism (8)
11. Keen (4)
15. Gift (9)
17. Officeholder (9)
18. Not an equinox (8)
20. Pitcher (4)
21. Defect (7)
22. A natural resin (6)
24. Melodies (5)
25. Reject (5)