Astronomy No. 1 — cryptic crossword

A themed (Astronomy) cryptic puzzle: 32 clues on a 13×13 grid. Solve it online — check your answers as you go, ask for a hint, and read how each clue works once it is solved.

Across

1. Firm amounts recast for Moscow's man in orbit (9)
6. Cut short the journey and get free (3)
8. Beginner in a dancing shoe, nicely rounded (5)
9. About right, one relaxes and folds (7)
11. Scripture for the woman is different (5)
13. Go over old ground about the mess (6)
14. Unreal, somehow, and to do with the nerves (6)
15. Therefore, the monster is turned back (4)
16. Door ad redesigned to show a golden fish (6)
17. Ruins abandoned ships (6)
19. Note the change of pitch (4)
20. Take a concept that is switched off (6)
22. Made sure of losing the king, and this followed (6)
23. Mislead, dropping diamonds, to give the slip (5)
25. Quiet oarsman takes in a learner, one lurking after dark (7)
26. Cries heard in the principality (5)
28. Sit awkwardly - in verse, it is (3)
29. A star, not heavy, sheds this! (9)

Down

1. Caught up with the trophy (3)
2. Rail company gets cross - a heavenly sight in Australia (8,5)
3. Operation modelled, but one is dead against (7)
4. Chief support of a bridge (4)
5. Ether disturbed at that point (5)
6. Recruits grunt, upset at the reorganisation (13)
7. Let slip that daughter is shut up (9)
10. Well known that new drone was rebuilt (8)
12. What the biker opens and the villain applies (8)
13. Communist motor, a favourite, gets the grand welcome (3,6)
18. Authentic, taking in the new, for a fresh start (7)
21. Slept badly in the hides (5)
24. Major or minor, this bear only comes out at night (4)
27. Some loose talk is fixed (3)

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