General - Daily
Across
9 An ardent follower and admirer (7)
10 An organism that can utter vocal sounds (7)
11 Most favourable condition or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances (7)
12 An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts (7)
13 The most basic facts or elements (4,5)
15 A female sorcerer or magician (5)
16 An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children (7)
19 Either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship (7)
20 A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) (5)
21 Up markets (anagram) (4,5)
25 One celestialbody obscures another (7)
26 Feelings of hostility that are not manifest (7)
28 Light in a transparent protective case (7)
29 Any of several OldWorld herbs of the genusMedicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves (7)
Down
1 Accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface (6)
2 A new personification of a familiar idea (6)
3 The smallest component of an element having the chemicalproperties of the element (4)
4 A man who serves as a sailor (6)
5 Cheap and inferior; of no value (8)
6 Ceramicware that is fired in high heat and vitrified and nonporous (10)
7 Tea leaves that have been steamed and dried without fermenting (5,3)
8 Light carriage; pulled by a single horse (8)
14 Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers (4,6)
16 Befitting a mother; warm and nurturing (8)
17 A device that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathingapparatus (8)
18 Any of several noncommissionedofficer ranks in the army or airforce or marines ranking above a corporal (8)
22 Undergo mutation (6)
23 A person responsiblefor the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) (6)
24 Pleasant and agreeable (6)
27 Christmas (4)
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