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PUZZLE 14179
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
01 Criticism upsets Mabel (5) 08 Excellent act deserving an encore (4,4) 09 Keep away; there’s nothing to get greedy about (5) 10 Hold a show trial (8) 11 Unusually staid entrances (5) 12 A quiet work in the charts? Probably
not! (3) 16 Object I’ve put into the
salad (6) 17 News about wine (6) 18 I turn out otherwise in Brazil (3) 23 One keeping careful watch in misuse
of sugar (5) 24 This sort of clue is included in the
French game (8) 25 A blow for Conservatives (5) 26 Rows about stray dogs (8) 27 Three animals in the lead (5)
DOWN
02 Romance over for sweetheart (5,3) 03 Claim is not commonly seen in the main (8) 04 Additionally morose maybe (4,2) 05 A summer snake (5) 06 Change of route that means deviating from normal (5) 07 Table of contents gets Enid upset and cross (5) 12 For each childless person (3) 13 Not against a professional (3) 14 It proves wildly frolicsome (8) 15 Should doctors go around in very dry
periods? (8) 19 New rents I introduce (6) 20 South American flower of unusual
petal design (5) 21 Cut a number (5) 22 Concrete idols get shattered (5)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
01 Likeness (5) 08 In no particular place (8) 09 Put up with (5) 10 What do you say to (3,5) 11 Gloomy (5) 12 Stage in a competition (3) 16 Discuss (6) 17 Be plentiful (6) 18 Gentle blow (3) 23 Verdant (5) 24 In a manner of speaking (2,2,4) 25 The merest scrap (5) 26 To say nothing of (4,4) 27 Subdivision of a federation (5)
DOWN
02 In addition (8) 03 Considerable amount (4,4) 04 Ask earnestly for (6) 05 Hard work (5) 06 Large juicy fruit (5) 07 Impressively large (5) 12 To grant for rent (3) 13 Break in continuity (3) 14 Rather (8) 15 For practical purposes (2,6) 19 Anew (6) 20 Soothing (5) 21 Temporary difficulty (5) 22 Type of woven fabric (5)