1 | Take off warm Nairobi tunic, finally, after mile one (5) MIMIC. warM nairobI tuniC {... finally} after (M {mile} I {one}). |
4 | So, "Paradise Lost" fails to mention English migrant communities? (9) DIASPORAS. (SO PARADISe)* {... lost} {... fails to mention English (E)}. |
9 | Turn your back on gentle waves circling about (7) NEGLECT. GENTLE* {... waves} around {circling} C {about}. |
10 | Insect's key recognition sense contraption, essentially (7) ANTENNA. &Lit. ANT {insect} + {'s = has} kEy recogNition seNse contrAption {..., essentially}. |
11 | Run away with diamonds, hiding in backward country joint (6) ABDUCT. D {diamonds} in {hiding in} CUBA << {country} {backward ...} T {joint}. |
12 | Girl finished study after coming back and ran (8) GOVERNED. G {girl} OVER {finished} DEN << {study} {... after coming back}. |
14 | A piece of cake became a symbol, to some extent (4) EASY. Hidden answer {... to some extent}: becamE A SYmbol. |
15 | First in running—in dream run (10) ADMINISTER. IST {first} in (IN DREAM)* {running ...}. |
18 | "Dissolve rouble!" (call of hard working labourers) (4-6) BLUE-COLLAR. (ROUBLE CALL)* {Dissolve ...}. |
19 | Run, champion, run! (4) RACE. R {run} ACE {champion}. |
22 | The most obvious drug embraced by criminal cartels (8) CLEAREST. E {drug} in {embraced by} CARTELS* {criminal ...}. |
24 | They might help with transitions, when heart-throbs get married crossing fifty (6) MOVERS. (l+M)OVERS {heart-throbs (LOVERS)} {... get married (M) crossing fifty (L)}. |
26 | Miles toiled, wasted and bygone (3-4) OLD-TIME. (M {miles} TOILED)* {... wasted}. |
27 | Man, a loser represented me—this loser! (4-3) ALSO-RAN. Composite anagram: (MAN A LOSER)* {... re-presented} = (ME ALSO RAN) |
28 | Another night's rest gives one advantages (9) STRENGTHS. (NiGHTS REST)* {Another ...} {... gives one (I)}. |
29 | Relative speed of light follows Newton's first—that is incontrovertible, ultimately (5) NIECE. C {speed of light} after {follows} Newton {...'s first} IE {that is}) + incontrovertiblE {... ultimately}. |