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1 Movie choice announced - "Old town in Tennessee's outskirts" (7) PICTURE {(~pick)PIC}{Te...{UR}...eE}
5 Foot fragments outside entrance to Harappan digs (7) FATHOMS {F}{AT{Ha...n}OMS}
10 Like to go on reading (4) PEER {PEE}{R}
11 Egg stored in box is close to first drawer (10) CARTOONIST {CART{O}ON}{IS}{f..sT}
12 University taken over by government is bust (6) STATUE {STAT{U}E}
13 Luncheon's organised without entree? That is unusual (8) NONESUCH lUNCHEONS*
14 Lawyer's restraint binding banks in suit (9) BARRISTER {BARRI{SuiT}ER}
16 Weld aluminium counter holding bucket with long handle (5) LADLE [T<=]
17 School tournament's finale followed by every one (5) TEACH {t...nT}{EACH}
19 Open platform in disused craft leaked, leaving shores of Latvia (9) AFTERDECK {CRAFT+lEaKED}*
23 Country doctor participating in a cricket match, entertained by accountant (8) CAMBODIA {C{A}{MB}{ODI}A}
26 Spooner's cooks look for drink (6,4) SPRUCE BEER (~ brews peer to spruce beer)
27 Bird's stomach opening out (4) ROOK bROOK
28 Mike distributed sheet describing promo (7) HEADSET {HE{AD}SET*} A mike per se cannot be a headset
29 Kant's original perception about new religious scripture of fundamental importance (7) KEYNOTE {Kant}{EY{N}{OT}E}
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2 Avtaar's joining new English cadet for beverage (4,3) ICED TEA {I}{E+CADET}*
3 Card-sharp wins nothing (5) TAROT {TAR{O}T}
7 Exercise routine in Shetland Islands almost completely performed without trellises, essentially (9) HANDSTAND {SHeTlANDislANDs}*
9 Saw open rifle shot clipping head of Connery in "The Man Who Would Be King" (6,2,5) PRINCE OF WALES {SAW+OPEN+RIFLE}* over {Co...y}
15 Covered with hard stones all over, fencing of castle keeps bulging, basically (4-5) ROCK-BOUND {RO{Ca...e}{Ke..s}{Bu...g}OUND}
18 One-time rich model (7) EXAMPLE {EX}{AMPLE}
20 Insist on measure supporting church (7) ENFORCE {EN}{FOR}{CE}
21 Idiot stealing the lady's smoking thingy (7) CHEROOT {C{HER}OOT}
22 Keep commercial now (6) ADHERE {AD}{HERE}
25 Top of arching, mostly inclined projection on stage (5) APRON {Ar...g}{PRONe}
Reference List
Old Town = UR, Foot = F, To go = PEE, Reading = R, University = U, Accountant = CA, Promo = AD, New = N, Religious scripture = OT(Old Testament), English = E, About = C, Measure = EN, Church = CE, Commercial = AD