1D: Cunning military mechanic runs off (8) ?R???I?E
14A: The French foolback for decoration (6) TASSEL ????
15A; Processing depot is spacious on drive (5) DAIRY ?????
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Just two left ... 4D A quiet laugh at soldier with a dietary problem (7) ?P?O?I? I have APNOEIA but don't see how it could fit. 28D Gathered friend takes in silver first (8) A?M?N?T? Again, I have...
26A: Was Dickens taken aback? (5) L?V?D Don't get the Dickens reference at all.
29A: Tight and painful, in a way? Said differently (6) ?T?N?Y STINGY??? but why?
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7D: In Virgil's Aeneid, words uttered by Neptune to the disobedient and rebellious winds (4,3) QUO? E?O
18D: Colour, another term for drab (4,5) M?D? B?I?E
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