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PUZZLE 14124

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Basis of pancake for buffet (6) 4 Wooden horse (8) 9 Luggage returned to a place in

Greece (6) 10 Tyres can burst in race (8) 12 Our gestures reveal a yearning (4) 13 Rough number (5) 14 A club with lofty aims (4) 17 Nostalgia seems not to need

hospital treatment (12) 20 The same as complete

agreement? (2,10) 23 Means of transport sometimes

sprung (4) 24 Her home is the earth (5) 25 Not a square dance

presumably? (4) 28 Many a creature seen in a

wood (8) 29 Weapon needs new repair (6) 30 Regular correspondence between

sides (8) 31 Produced in a dramatic way (6

DOWN

1 The bogus arrangement asked for (8) 2 People take part in it on the side (4,4) 3 Consumes when tea’s served out (4) 5 Extremely important parts of the

body (5,3,4) 6 Dish from the Wild West (4) 7 A person’s character aunt is upset

about (6) 8 Intentionally exasperating? (6) 11 I can report it improved,

doctor (12) 15 Turncoats of course (5) 16 Business attracting a lot of interest

(5) 18 Fighting and winning (8) 19 Announced a number have cleared

out (8) 21 Impressions of a country’s postal

service (6) 22 Possibly border on a criminal

act (6) 26 Backward - hence a monster (4) 27 Lent; not lento (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 That is to say (6) 4 Means of access (8) 9 Persuade with flattery (6) 10 At top speed (4,4) 12 Luxuriant (4) 13 Prepared (5) 14 One of the Great Lakes (4) 17 Anonymous (12) 20 To delight (4,8) 23 Impel (4) 24 Bring about (5) 25 Smile radiantly (4) 28 Pink long-legged wading bird (8) 29 Attractively old-fashioned (6) 30 Exchange as compromise (5,3) 31 Mirth (6)

DOWN

1 US golfing great (8) 2 Stately and dignified (8) 3 Flower symbol of purity (4) 5 Legal but crippling demand (5,2,5) 6 Prevailing custom (4) 7 Beekeeping establishment (6) 8 Hired assassins (6) 11 Begin to understand (3,3,4,2) 15 Wild (5) 16 Exclude from admission (5) 18 Certain to succeed (8) 19 Branch of mathematics (8) 21 Strike repeatedly (6) 22 Large tropical lizard (6) 26 Magnitude (4) 27 Large marine foodfish (4)