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THE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Lacking a clue - strangely unimportant (9) 8 Simultaneous number of rounds or ovals set off (5) 9 It’s checked for drink and meat around midnight (7) 10 Fine fabric used in making suites (6) 11 An academic is killed while hunting (6) 12 A revealing piece of photography (8) 15 Same ship, different stress (8) 18 Smart thing to have in the garden (6) 20 A right squabble about the price list (6) 21 Indicate there’s some wine to finish off (7) 22 Appear on stage to record (5) 23 Successfully learning how to handle new
emigrants (9)
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2 Classic appearing in 151 AD (5) 3 Exhort one not to lose heart - it’s most important (6) 4 Becomes less refined giving a hundred different reasons (8) 5 Mixture I smoke is one from Greenland (6) 6 Big shot in the film world? (5-2) 7 A short romance (9) 11 Not so busy types sent in a busy type’s place (9) 13 Permit dad’s fun and games (8) 14 Stimulating apparitions? (7) 16 State in a loud and resolute way (6) 17 He may well appeal to the public (6) 19 General rule to be observed in a
cathedral (5)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Complete defeat (9) 8 Flinch (5) 9 Made as integral part (5-2) 10 Small-time (6) 11 Make possible (6) 12 Temporary disuse (8) 15 League (8) 18 Contemptibly small (6) 20 Lax (6) 21 Tableland (7) 22 Lustre (5) 23 Of inferior quality (5-4)
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2 Accommodate (5) 3 Supporting pillar (6) 4 Keep in good repair (8) 5 Fairness (6) 6 Growing unchecked (7) 7 To the hilt (3,3,3) 11 Express understandably (3,6) 13 Model to be imitated (8) 14 Mountaineer (7) 16 Lacking (6) 17 Overcome (6) 19 Smallest (5)