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1 Line on a map joining places of equal pressure (6) 5 Spirit distilled from wine (6)

10 North African nation (5) 11 Indigestion (9) 12 Childhood illness (10) 13 Make well (4)

15 Retail store (6)

16 Escort who travels ahead (8)

18 In concert (8) 20 Himalayan nation (6) 23 Bring in an income (4) 24 Heavy downpour (10) 27 Pioneer of printing (9) 28 Warble (5)

29 Backslide (6)

30 Device for steering a ship (6)

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2 Make ends meet (7) 3 Bubonic plague (5,5) 4 Rat or mouse (6)

5 Strait between European and Asian Turkey (8) 6 Declare, maintain (4) 7 Move downward (7) 8 Alliance of parties (4) 9 Large cooking pot (8) 14 Forbidden by law (10) 15 Prevail over, preponderate (8) 17 Recklessly determined (4-4)

19 Strangle (7)

21 White ant (7)

22 Crude, uncouth (6) 25 Speak (4)

26 At some time past (4)