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Perhaps a little harder than of late but still not a really difficult one. The cell may cause some problems I guess. All in all a reasonable puzzle.


Across
1GANYMEDE - G(ANY)MEDE; satellite of Jupiter, largest moon in our system (oh - and as this is The Times - Zeus's lover);
5TUAREG - TU(ARE)G; the Berbers of North Africa;
9AGA - (p)AGA(n); as in Khan not cooker;
10CONSTRAINED - CO(N-STRAIN-E)D; E from (tumbl)E;
12COAT,OF,ARMS - (a from ascot)*; posh badge;
13PLEA - P(au)L-E(mm)A; grisly clue;
15PATHOS - PATH-OS; OS=Ordinary Seaman; one of Aristotle's rhetorics;
16CHATTER - C-HATTER; about=circa=C; HATTER makes hats (probably in Luton);
18CLANGER - CLAN-GER(man); reference slang phrase "drop a clanger" - old fashioned management-speak; ;
20NELSON - two meanings 1=Admiral who has his own square 2=wrestling hold;
23TRAP - (s)TRAP;
24GET-UP-AND-GO - (gag done)* surrounds TUP; "mate with ewe" a bit of a giveaway!;
26MERCHANDISE - (medicare + nhs)*;
27EAR - (b)EAR;
28NUMBER - NUMB-ER; ER=Edward Rex;
29AGITATED - AG(TATI reversed)E-D; D=departs (train timetables);
 
Down
1GLANCE - G-LANCE; arm=weapon;
2NIAGARA - (AGAIN reversed)-RA; falls is well hidden definition;
3MACROPHAGE - MAC-ROP(HAG)E; son of in Gaelic=MAC; type of cell found in blood vessels;
4DENTAL,SURGEON - (also need grunt)*;
6URAL - hidden reversed (tin)U-RAL(ucsavoidrac);
7RINGLET - R(INGLE)T; as worn by proper girls of the wandering kind;
8GOD'S,ACRE - (AS-DOG reversed)-C-RE; reference "man's best friend"; caught=C (cricket); on=RE; a boneyard;
11TIME-CONSUMING - cryptic definition;
14PARLIAMENT - PAR(LIAM)ENT; the Diet is Japanese Parliament;
17SCOTSMAN - S(COTS-M)AN; William Wallace 1270-1305, with Andrew Moray, hero of Stirling Bridge;
19ANAGRAM - "meatballs" is well known anagram of "stale lamb";
21ODDMENT - O(DD-MEN)T;
22CONRAD - C(ON-R)AD; Joseph Conrad 1857-1924; Pole who didn't become a plumber;
25SHOE - S-HOE; S=spades (cards); a last is a tool used by a cobbler;

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