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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Many fish are found in shallow water (5) 8 Turn down a record by mail order (8) 9 Game brings Harry and mother together (5) 10 Superabundance of the polar variety (8) 11 Some uninhibited fun for the cast (5) 12 She’s a bit of a gadabout (3)

16 Mint that’s still wrapped? (6)

17 Believe one side of the account (6) 18 Change colour, we hear, and pass away (3) 23 They blow, as a tornado does apparently (5) 24 Cutters for a suit of high value (8) 25 Currently seen in Rome (5)

26 A lofty approach, of course (4,4) 27 Do impressive work as a huntsman? (5)

DOWN

2 An outstanding part of the country (8) 3 Gently reprove a doctor in broken Danish (8) 4 Indisposed in bed when advertised to appear (6)

5 A charming French accent (5)

6 An officer for the most part (5)

7 Reams written about a defamation (5) 12 Sum up a cleric (3)

13 Court card? (3)

14 Satanic food in which there’s no good (8) 15 Stupid advice to those who worry unnecessarily (8)

19 People enter for this sort of sport (6) 20 A somewhat predictable order (5)

21 He seems to be against splitting the profit (5) 22 Give a rise to one in the army (5)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Shabby (5) 8 Segregate (3,5) 9 Heating apparatus (5) 10 Blind alley (3-2-3) 11 Preclude (5) 12 Garden plot (3) 16 Inborn (6) 17 Egg-based dish (6) 18 To silence (3)

23 Magic formula (5) 24 French wine-producing area (8) 25 Meditate silently (5) 26 Concise (8)

27 English Romantic poet (5)

DOWN

2 Eventually (2,3,3) 3 Unintentional revelation (8) 4 Affectedly modest (6) 5 Conveniently near (5) 6 Stop temporarily (5) 7 Conventionally used (5) 12 Entreat (3)

13 To plague (3)

14 Danger (8) 15 Prosperous (4-2-2) 19 Kidnap (6)

20 Revile (5)

21 Quip (5)

22 Cower (5)