CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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32 34 35 36 37 38 What to wear when you leave the car with heavy heart (5)

Shoot the rotten prigs! (5) British ones are insular (5) Would he make a hearty crony? (3)

Dirtiest part of the Solar System (5)

On these, there’s a fair chance of bumping into people (7)

Tries some of the latest styles (5)

Such a dog will evidently take a drink! (3)

The hiring of a theatre in the ‘legitimate’ sense (6) Ran out with the boys (7) Sharpen by putting each end in water (4)

Like a piper with a following (4)

At school, youngster useful with a computer (7) Racehorse that finishes up after all the others (6) Pull from the East! (3)

It’s cold, alas, back at Land’s End (5)

A fault that makes me tired (7)

More than 1,000 keys all jumbled up (5) There’s little change in one (3)

Public availability of back numbers (5) Growing need for a sixfooter to go to church (5) Noble ground? (5)

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14 16 17 19 A newcomer in ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ (5) Allowed to perform in just a vest (7)

A girl mentioned with regret (4)

If you want to be equipped, out with it! (6)

Pale as a female with no love lost (5)

A match for Lucifer? (5) Boy to go fishing with? (3) Like Nero, he could destroy much of Rome, perhaps (7) Take down in person (3) A unit in flight (5)

Slip it into the projector (5) Trotted out, so to speak (7) 20

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28 30 32 33 Makes a change from wasps! (5)

A bit of a bloomer (5)

In a seedy case, were given authority (7)

He may treat you patiently (6)

Uncle’s cat? (3)

Was it spoken in pieces of broken Italian? (5) Asian people rising in sublimation (5)

The snag about a free ride (5)

An act heartlessly denied (4)

Regret moving on from Rouen (3)