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ACROSS

 1, 8 down, 29 and 26 down Partner in the open about staff with a restaurant offer (3,3,3,3)

 3 Alien warrior loses head by swallowing stray fruit (11)

 9 Love, unleashed, halts gun attack (9)

10 7 fauns to make a mess (5)

11 All hands aboard steamship, getting hardware (6)

12 Quick and brilliant deal with goblinlike creature controlling island (8)

14 Bother arts university activist, originally backing The Nation (9)

17 Dope embedded twice in reinforced tinfoil (4)

19 That man is said to be spiritual (4)

20 Objective: refuse to be heard in a thriller about a duck? (9)

22 Country inn possessed by ancient artifact (8)

23 Bloom’s lawyer facing hailstorm (6)

26 Run away from Handel opera (5)

27 Savagely rip up root, flowers, herbs and spices (9)

28 Proceeded before you once invested in firm here (6-5)

29 See 1

DOWN

 1 A turkey sliced initially with a kitchen utensil’s accelerator (4,7)

 2 Sulfur involved in return of actual or possible part of
1 down (5)

 3 Tsunami, for example, rising to inundate Internet service provider (8)

 4 Scolds horses (4)

 5 Knowledgeable concerning dance (2,3,4)

 6 Gamble about request for court success (6)

 7 Move things around with some redundancy, in an explosion of anger (9)

 8 See 1 across

13 Teamwork in making barrels? (11)

15 Ultimately, communicate with a visual representation, perhaps received by shore! (9)

16 Unexpected, appealing freebie (9)

18 Large amount of electricity gave shudders in shed (8)

21 Missing degree delivered (6)

24 Cyril is affected and operatic (5)

25 Protest against connection for men only (4)

26 See 1 across

SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3314

ACROSS 1 AB(BEY)ROAD 6 PRO(U)D 9 T + OOLS (anag.) 10 anag. (&lit.) 11 SPIN A L(T)AP 13 SAG A (rev.) 14 PRO + DIG + IOUS 18 AS + PERS(I)ONS 19 PLU[g]S 22 “rite” 24 hidden 26 [rere]CROS (rev.) + SWORD 27 [b]EATEN 28 TUNI[c]S 29 throw anag.

DOWN 1 anag. 2 BLO(WIN)G + U[m]P 3 Y + ESMAN (anag.) 4 anag. 5 anag. 6 anag. 7 & 12A O(LIVE)TREES (stereo anag.) 8 [ad]DRESSES 15 RA(IN)P + ROOF 16 OILF(I)LTER (to refill anag.) 17 PRO-TESTS 18 A + PRI(CO)T (trip anag.) 20 S(A + GIN)AW 21 “ingest” 23 anag. 25 [b]RIDGE