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1 Sheltered area for ships and boats to moor (7) 5 Very young baby (7) 9 Wireless (5) 10 Embroidery where threads are fastened in bundles (9) 11 Seed-bearing spike of a cereal plant (3) 12 Notable occasion (5) 13 Tube-shaped pasta (5) 14 Grilled bread (5) 16 Leave (6)

18 Popular material for

garden furniture (6) 19 The name of a book or

film (5)

22 Holiday house (5) 24 Wobbly dessert (5) 26 --- counter, popular

knitting tool (3)

27 Hit back (9)

29 Speak (5)

30 Appears (7)

31 Chooses (7)

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1 Process or period of gathering crops (7) 2 Distinguishing feature of a robin (3,6) 3 Gaseous layer in the Earth’s atmosphere (5) 4 Automatic response (6) 5 The --- Manager, Le Carre novel and TV series (5) 6 Doctor ---, popular TV timelord (3) 7 Common pungent bulb vegetable (5) 8 Failure to care for properly (7)

13 Fold in a skirt (5) 15 Jewelled headdress (5) 17 Relating to the South Pole region (9)

18 --- stockinette, basic stitch (7)

20 Huw ---, BBC newsreader (7) 21 Gripping tool (6) 23 Milky co ee (5) 24 Denim trousers (5)

25 --- Never Walk Alone, Liverpool anthem (5) 28 Chunk of wood (3)