Mercury (Hobart)

Crossword: CRYPTIC CLUES

14472

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ACROSS

1 Lengthy period with an atmosphere of excitement

3 Common role around the last SpanishAme­rican person

8 Instructio­n to play slowly getting a run in goal 9 Flat carrying plates heard for cards with a couple of spots

1 0 Troublesom­e one turning sour

1 3 Just a little piece of skirt

1 4 Not far from the left side of an animal

1 5 Has stayed in Samoan seaport having impairment of speech

1 9 Lustre of good wound dressing material

20 Level ring inside to rest on the surface of water 2 1 Has a residence with many water storage places

22 Huge expanse of land begins as sea is affected

DOWN

1 Kept in hand to have retained ownership 2 Bad lapse senior makes is to keep with the individual one

4 A share in operationa­l planning 5 Legal times for hunting in main body of ocean male children follow ( 4,7) 6 More simple when we finally arise 7 Dawdle around when a small motorcycle has no starting date

1 1 Make secure in return for a small drink 1 2 Leaders unite now in place for higher education

1 3 Punched and robbed with urge to get back in the mud

1 6 He moves a lot around the inn 1 7 Remove extraneous matter around fist 1 8 The way round a part of a colonnade

STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS

1 Sales talk

3 A Spanish-American 8 Musically slow 9 Small cards 1 0 Burdensome 1 3 Small 1 4 Closer 1 5 Speech trouble

1 9 Small flash

20 Move on water 2 1 Resides 22 A continent

DOWN

1 Retained 2 Make personal 4 Proportion 5 Periods for hunting ( 4,7) 6 Less trouble 7 Move without energy 1 1 Small bite 1 2 Place of learning ( abb) 1 3 Robbed on street 1 6 Stopping place 1 7 Sieve 1 8 Roof part SOLUTION NEXT ISSUE

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