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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
21 Bazaar one may get an itch to visit? (4,6) 26 Man in hysterics (4) 10 He won’t win new roles (5) 11 Uniform academic feature of the young (6,3) 12 Same ship; different stress (8) 13 Mario becomes a New Zealander (5) 15 Relatives unite as in a crisis (7) 17 So a ring can give a foreign woman married status (7) 19 He had a name for exclusive treatment in Ireland (7) 21 Writers I’ve assumed to be serious (7) 22 Wee drink before a play (5) 24 Well brought up but lacking refinement (5,3) 27 She went in order to be topical (2,3,4) 28 Name given to seedheads is approximate (5) 29 Lear deranged and demoted (4) 30 Foreign restaurants set meats in unusual style (10)
DOWN
01 Reduce the size of an enclosure? (4) 02 Yes; one may make it without exertion (4,5) 03 Progress made in one month (5) 04 One in unusual stress doesn’t give in (7) 05 Record he’s written to us shows where Paul visited (7) 07 Get the right page from the board of directors (5) 08 Entrances prisoners are put out at (10) 09 Appropriate weapon for a British soldier (5,3) 14 Can war bride be upset by this
entanglement? (6,4) 16 Blend of tea I sold apart from the
rest (8) 18 Start moving to Nigeria (9) 20 They admit they’re often punched (7) 21 Old republic quietly leads another (7) 23 Change later or change now (5) 25 Apathy of the French (5) 26 Goddess is seen more than once (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
01 Facilitate development (4,3,3) 06 Radiate (4) 10 Passive form of protest (3-2) 11 Compliance (9) 12 Make known (8) 13 Grossly stupid (5) 15 Soothing song (7) 17 Power of endurance (7) 19 Aid in time of need (7) 21 Regret for wrong done (7) 22 Fashionable (5) 24 Avoiding extremes (8) 27 Make less severe (9) 28 Obtain with effort (5) 29 Tolerant (4) 30 In one continuous period (2,1,7)
DOWN
01 An assumed attitude (4) 02 Bitterly hostile (9) 03 Bracing (5) 04 Sparing use (7) 05 Eternal (7) 07 Hair-colouring dye (5) 08 Profound (4-6) 09 Deny (8) 14 Narrow escape (5,5) 16 Fruitless (8) 18 Withdrawing (2,7) 20 Unchecked (7) 21 Rectify (7) 23 Book of maps, charts (5) 25 Oarsman (5) 26 A hankering (4)