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PUZZLE 14406

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 21 Spouse left bather embarrassed (6,4) 26 It’s a new variety of wine (4) 10 Feeling unusually frail (5) 11 Remind one that it’s time for

church? (4,1,4) 12 News flash causing a furrowed

brow? (8) 13 Liberal politician gets in the beer

(5) 15 It could make me a lord (7) 17 Four make an appearance in a

trial of no importance (7) 19 They play soccer in the Spanish

squares (7) 21 Lets gin cocktail sparkle (7) 22 Well-known - like scores of

orchestral pieces (5) 24 Youngster ate green fresh

produce (8) 27 Do such animals live only from

day to day? (9) 28 Indeed all the odd bits are

perfect (5) 29 Keep them about you for

emergencies (4) 30 It’s employed in the distribution

of perfumery (5,5) DOWN 01 Polish enthusiast (4) 02 Not altogether how an undergraduate is working? (2,1,6) 03 Hesitantly stated a colour and was wrong (5) 04 It’s more his sort of bravery (7) 05 Humane process of line and net (7) 07 Skins turned up to show the nap (5) 08 Unhealthy antagonism? (3,7) 09 Japanese ceremonial departure (4-4) 14 Instantly but not there and then (4,3,3) 16 It’s terrible how Freud gets the lad confused (8) 18 You’d be the last person to find yourself here (2,3,4) 20 Cast in a devilish form (7) 21 Girl involved with men is a mischiefmaker (7) 23 Tom comes up with it - that’s understood (5) 25 Sadly I am taken in by the false identity (5) 26 Scope for entertainment (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 01 Mule or llama for example (4,6) 06 Old (4) 10 Sporting contest (5) 11 Requiring great strength (9) 12 Fearful (8) 13 Slight colouring (5) 15 Perpendicular (7) 17 Superficial (7) 19 Portion of food served (7) 21 Open-air (7) 22 Attack violently (3,2) 24 Casual (8) 27 Interpret (9) 28 An assumed appearance (5) 29 Only (4) 30 Colony (10) DOWN 01 Question persistently (4) 02 Principal church of diocese (9) 03 Detest (5) 04 Restrain (7) 05 Stuffy (7) 07 Scrape together (5) 08 Drudgery (10) 09 Deduct (8) 14 Despite its shortcomings (4,2,2,2) 16 Plausibility (8) 18 One closely resembling another

(4-5) 20 Make a face (7) 21 Unconventional (7) 23 Beaten path (5) 25 Scoundrel (5) 26 Eliminating contest (4)