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Puzzle by Niemand
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Good new compilers are always welcome and Niemand certainly fits that category. This puzzle makes excellent use of the cryptic definition clue, a favourite among true crossword aficionados, as exemplified by 7 and 12 down. I liked the neatness of 19 across and 17 down is very clever too. Niemand may mean "nobody" in German but this promising new setter is anything but!

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ACROSS
1
Like ‘Danny Boy’ (dated that is) (5)
4 Warmed stylograph tip and used inks in an unconventional fashion (3-6)
9 Octet pens composition for Whitsunday (9)
10 Dream I share (5)
11 Complacent character is persuaded (4-9)
14 Anxious race to gather gold (4)
15 Opposite, like north and south? (5,5)
18 Sweet, presently unknown female to remain outside (10)
19 Partial match (4)
21 Be tempted – and risk getting hooked (4,2,3,4)
24 Spooner’s become fed up? The solution is to relax! (3,2)
25 I rant and rave about sequence of events (9)
27 Basic component the French sent back (9)
28 Composer’s unhappy return involving this country (5)

DOWN

1 I spelt ‘yoop’ oddly, in a completely different way (10)
2 Study amongst learned enthusiasts (3)
3 Nevertheless quits serving oriental starters (4,2)
4 Sprout feathers, and so disprove theory (5,4)
5 Set about following North American ass (5)
6 Showing hostility in claim I broadcast (8)
7 If you rush, it might snap! (5,6)
8 Inebriated old tenor’s a laughing stock (4)
12 You’ll need coins here – loads too! (11)
13 Cisterns removed by good man, showing precision (10)
16 Reallocate haphazardly without a kind of register (9)
17 Horse? At sea? (8)
20 Aussie cricketer chap’s said to be in debt (6)
22 Either way, it’s a conviction (5)
23 Novice with an expression of surprise over triumph (4)
26 Breed dislike regularly (3)



Solution to Puzzle by Niemand