CROSSWORD

Combo Cross No. 3885

Straight Clues ACROSS

2 Carrying case 5 Lively dance 7 Set free (3,3) 8 Turning machine 11 Set of gear 12 Stroke on letter 14 Someone of advanced years 16 A herb 17 Transgress 18 Stopping device 20 Figure of speech 21 Keeps in boundaries 22 Olden hero

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1 Defeat 2 Small rodent 3 A note 4 Enough 6 A duty 9 Grows older 10 Greet 12 Mix up 13 Chance 15 Being carried 18 Leather strap 19 Intentions

Cryptic Clues ACROSS

2 Traveller’s case is in poet’s lower ground 5 Half-book new role in lively Spanish dance 7 Excuse to explode a firework (3,3) 8 City with the machine for turning wood 11 Fraudulently manipulate equipment 12 Fires off small line on a letter 14 Tragic ire - tragic when relating to older people 16 Herb and another fellow 17 Has inclination in part for transgression 18 Attempt to stop in a thicket 20 Figure of speech is back some distance 21 Rations should not be overstepped 22 Man who has been dubbed to create one on board

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1 Overcome pulsation 2 Rodent could be somewhat benevolent 3 Written communication for one leasing property out 4 Ample amount, if fine cuts used 6 Binding requirement in duty 9 Times shown as one gets older 10 Shower of something to attract the attention 12 Strongly affect its right to change 13 Chance of injury in hazard 15 British land division in act of being carried 18 Strip of land first lost in wager 19 Aspirations as I’m included