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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 A game on board for animals (5) 8 Perverted anti-mass in devil worship (8) 9 He gets carried away (5) 10 Vessel often crossing the bar (8) 11 I do it when playing the fool (5) 12 It was somewhat unsound currency (3) 16 A strike in work on the dam (6) 17 She’s in the dumps and rather disconsolate (6) 18 Excellent service (3) 23 A portion of rhubarb jam (5) 24 Taken ill (8) 25 Understood it’s in oak now; not pine (5) 26 Done - to death? (8) 27 Vessel going from side to side (5)
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2 Abel may get a bronze medal (5,3) 3 Note about illustrious French city (8) 4 A cough mixture for an Argentinian cowboy (6) 5 Carry on playing for the club (5) 6 They move around in pride (5) 7 Unlikely to be outwitted or feel pain (5) 12 Spain - but not in spring (3) 13 Sue changes employment (3) 14 An occasion of exemplary significance (8) 15 Conflict in which counter charges may be decisive (5,3) 19 The yarn has a barbaric ring to it (6) 20 Tidy writer keeps a note (5) 21 A serpent in French, a tree in English (5) 22 A French fee that’s excessive (5)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Worn out (5) 8 Succession (8) 9 Burn superficially (5) 10 The open ocean (4,4) 11 Move silently (5) 12 Idiosyncrasy (3) 16 Have as ambition (6) 17 Having no like (6) 18 Terminate (3) 23 Belittle (5) 24 Height of fashion (3,3,2) 25 Make haste (5) 26 Come to understand (6,2) 27 Self-possession (5)
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2 Critical examination (4,4) 3 Given as a favour (2,6) 4 Burial place of Muhammad (6) 5 Unduly self-assertive (5) 6 Derisive smile (5) 7 Meaning (5) 12 Charge for a service (3) 13 A counterfeit (3) 14 Be worthy of (4,2,2) 15 Lodgings (8) 19 Worthless (2-4) 20 Imagine (5) 21 High-pitched wind instrument (5) 22 Cry of exultation (5)