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PUZZLE 14118
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Constituent parts of cattle food (5,5) 6 Record is within a couple of figures (4) 10 Conception many find perfect (5) 11 Start badly but get a jewel; that’s
the plan (9) 12 Hear a gun go off and speak to
someone angrily (8) 13 It’s pleasant embracing an eastern
relative (5) 15 Wild demon, by the way, in an
extreme situation (7) 17 Insults having little point? (7) 19 Exercise done by a prisoner (7) 21 Show how old one is in a symptom
of exhaustion (7) 22 Girl of Roman extraction (5) 24 Light baskets (8) 27 A table leg gets broken, but it’s of
no importance (9) 28 Belief in sacred office (5) 29 Consumes a set recipe (4) 30 Will he cure plane sickness? (4,6)
DOWN
1 Note an inscription that will hold
attention (4) 2 Ragtime band leader was great (9) 3 Foals are frisky after a tonic perhaps
(3-2) 4 A new song hit right away (2,5) 5 Sailor obtains marks for shooting (7) 7 One loses one’s head when in a
corner (5) 8 Remunerate ace postmen perhaps (10) 9 Do these orders refer to the national
anthem? (8) 14 Handsome individual and
competent (10) 16 Refugees are not at home with
actors (8) 18 Breathe irregularly at what should
be regular (9) 20 Speech impediment? (7) 21 Go to the front (7) 23 Just what one is entitled to (5) 25 Painting is dry and firm (5) 26 Round trip to ancient town (4)
QUICK CLUES
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1 Preferably (4,6) 6 Aromatic culinary plant (4) 10 Illuminated (3,2) 11 Inspired with love (9) 12 An eye disorder (8) 13 More than usually (5) 15 Ideal example (7) 17 Straight-faced (7) 19 Pouch-cheeked rodent (7) 21 Long thick pillow (7) 22 Short and stout (5) 24 Intolerantly authoritative (8) 27 A history (9) 28 Held in reserve (2,3) 29 Temporary quiet spell (4) 30 Fuzzy (3-7) 1 Cut down (4) 2 Exclusion from society (9) 3 Dried coconut kernels (5) 4 To function (7) 5 Marked on a map (7) 7 White heron (5) 8 Discourtesy (3,7) 9 Fit readily together (8) 14 Well-ordered (10) 16 Remote from the centre (8) 18 Aristocratic (9) 20 Far-reaching (7) 21 Conceited person (7) 23 Relating to a wall (5) 25 Standoffish (5) 26 Contribute (4)