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DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Standing up to boast about French wine ( 7)

5 Drops in bread and drink ( 5,2)

9 Sporting leader running off athletic field ( 9)

10 Bride ashamed to reveal her thoughts ( 5)

11 In the thick of a thick comeback ( 4)

12 Woeful last word in ballet dancing ( 10)

14 Drink gets teenager in trouble ( 5,3)

15 Blue with cold, one dashed back ( 6)

18 Demand extra performanc­e before being interrupte­d by corporal ( 6)

20 Melt away with unfinished meal and work out ( 8)

23 Keep camera off pacifier ( 10)

24 Sit unsteadily after opening of Australian wine ( 4)

26 Play dates are full ( 5)

27 Soldiers captured under a welcome treaty ( 9)

28 Rock pterodacty­l had to drop a lot to crack ( 7)

29 Please talk about treatment for fits ( 7)

DOWN

1 Make brilliant bracelet include a brief form of telepathy ( 9)

2 Broadcast policy on travel industry ( 7)

3 Public houses are popular with Poles ( 4)

4 Made a face to staff through grille ( 8)

5 Kit out horse to take part in rocky ride ( 6)

6 Poor old artiste was dead and buried ( 4,2,4)

7 Natural flavouring found in batch of confection­ery ( 7)

8 Stick to History and English at the start ( 5) 13 Turning red, funnily enough, when chilly ( 10)

16 Science experiment provided support for short shift ( 9)

17 Hearing into concerns with weapons ( 8) 19 Disorganis­ed and untidy centre taken in by playing coach ( 7)

21 Contracts for oral classes ( 7)

22 Scholar took a chair outside the front ( 6) 23 Passed off hallucinat­ory dose behind the back of the shop ( 5)

25 Warm up for trial run ( 4)

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