Cryptic Clues

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Across
  1. 5. (9) – Not primary, in education
  2. 7. (6) – Line from circle centre: shuffle “I rud as”
  3. 8. (5) – Rise over run: mess up “poles” (new short word to add intersection magic)
  4. 9. (7) – Whole number: stir up “get in re”
  5. 11. (9) – Parts of a whole hidden in “cars into f” when scrambled
  6. 16. (7) – Trig ratio: toss around “get an nt”
  7. 17. (6) – Trig function: blend “nice so” together
  8. 20. (4) – X or Y line: mix “six a” (another short connector)
  9. 22. (8) – Maths sentence: jumble “quite a no”
  10. 23. (8) – Subject that comes from mixing “gory meet”
  11. 24. (8) – Three-sided shape: twist “large tin”
  12. 25. higher LOWER
  13. 27. (8) – A changing value: mix up “a verbal I”
  14. 28. that sounds like nein NINE
Down
  1. 1. (5) – Number divisible only by itself: mix “I perm”
  2. 2. (5) – Not higher
  3. 3. (8) – Advanced maths: rearrange “call us u c”
  4. 4. (8) – Straight line through circle: muddle “I met a red”
  5. 5. (6) – Equal-sided rectangle: mess up “quasar e”
  6. 6. (7) – Maths branch formed by breaking “a large B”
  7. 10. (4) – *Solution to x²=4: stir “too r”*
  8. 12. (4) – Power of three: blend “cue b”
  9. 13. (4) – Trig function: flip around “in es”
  10. 14. (5) – Platform
  11. 15. primary, in education SECONDARY
  12. 18. (4) – Number that sounds like “nein”
  13. 19. mathematician: messy a graph to y PYTHAGORAS
  14. 21. (10) – Greek mathematician: messy “a graph to y”
  15. 26. STAGE