CROSSWORD

Straight Clues ACROSS

1 Written works 7 Metal fastener 8 Large group 11 Roof coverings 12 Piece of ribbon 14 Shipping hazard 16 Drunkards 19 Was afraid of 22 Flower part 24 Anoint 25 Fear 26 Unhelpful

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1 Looking glass 2 Beginner 3 Woodland deity 4 Righthand page 5 Waterhole 6 Clumps of turf Combo Cross No. 4121 9 Washout 10 Ridge on skin 13 Waste meat 15 Level 17 Strangest 18 Footwear 20 Tree substance 21 Raised ground 22 Spoke 23 Shut in

Cryptic Clues ACROSS

1 Sum can strip off pieces of

written works 7 Strive to get a metal fastener 8 Throng for bird dancing the lead 11 New list holding direction

for floor coverings 12 Strong string on a piece

used for decoration 14 More effort needed to keep

strong pull 16 Toss out the heavy drinkers 19 Was afraid of lug eaten out 22 Lapse in composure of

plant organ 24 Sounds like a dame to anoint 25 Daughter to scan in awe 26 Harmful of the mind, tried

to change first

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1 Reflecting surface daily perused by some people 2 Learner has no bad habit 3 Old deity posed on time 4 Right page in incorrect order 5 Betting money for group of competitors 6 Turf lots of disagreeable persons 9 Light wash to disturb resin 10 Soundly beat a ridge on the

surface of skin 13 Not on object left as

cheaper meat 15 Girl ran last on flat 17 Strangest rum set out 18 Grains one left in light shoe 20 This gravel emits some

fragrant substance 21 Lightning leads this in

place for opals 22 Made some remark about new dais 23 Print measure inside small part confined