No 12087, Wednesday 16 Aug 2017, Sunnet

007 is back

ACROSS
1   Straightened the thing over and departed (6) TIDIED {IT<=}{DIED}
4   Prick blisters with needles (8) BRISTLES*
10 Edit a resume to fully meet the bar (7,2) MEASURE UP {A+RESUME}* [RA]
11 Some nice cut missing point? Not at all (5) NEVER {Nice}{sEVER}
12 Cheats birds (5) ROOKS [DD]
13 John perhaps sensed some unfinished business (5,4) LOOSE ENDS {LOO}{SENSED*}
14 Jack's former bank (3,4) OLD SALT {OLD} {SALT}
16 Reportedly colours and breaks down (4) DIES (~dyes)
19 Attach a security (4) BOND [DD]
21 Always in favour of woman's right (7) FOREVER {FOR}{EVE}{R}
24 Age matches sanity (9) DAYLIGHTS {DAY}{LIGHTS}
25 Wears green stones (5) JADES [DD]
26 Eliminating a crossing (5) AXING {A}{X'ING}
27 One blast near a poor city (9) ISLAMABAD {1}{SLAM}{A}{BAD}
28 Bacon's points indicate one little way (8) ESSAYIST {E}{S}{SAY}{1}{ST}
29 Advance a court's conclusion (6) ASCEND {A}{SC}{END}

DOWN
1   Little boy to argue about alternative future (8) TOMORROW {TOM}{OR}{ROW}
2   Ice suit (8) DIAMONDS [DD]
3   Perhaps horse matches you for a length (5) EQUUS EQU(-al+u)US
5   Last word and line if this does not open the parachute (7) RIPCORD {RIP}{CORD} Semi&lit
6   Poet's boy to trap topless noble (9) SONNETEER {SON}{NET}{pEER}
7   Four cut fish for bread (6) LIVING {L{IV}ING}
8   Draw attention to second lock (6) STRESS {S}{TRESS}
9   Fanatic's final letter to each group (6) ZEALOT {Z}{EA}{LOT}
15 Lovingly, two rings are slipped into ravishing lady (9) ADORINGLY {O}{RING} in {LADY}*
17 Possible to duck in Nevada bleeds (8) EVADABLE [T]
18 Agitated by America blocking natural delta (8) CRUSADED {CR{USA}DE}{D}
20 Raised canvas held flowers (7) DAHLIAS {SAIL}{HAD}<=

21 Binder covering you and me is easily melted (6) FUSILE {F{US}ILE}
22 I would have energy to imagine (6) IDEATE {I'D}{EAT}{E}
23 Scarily edit out a criminal's words (6) LYRICS SCaRILY*
25 King muddles about Spain (5) JAMES {JAM{E}S}

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