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CRYPTIC CLUES

PUZZLE 14737

ACROSS 1 Tenderising chopped-up cooking components (11) 9 Allow in some exotic food (7) 10 Father bloodstained having shaved (5) 11 Enlightened times (4) 12 Not real money they reckon (8) 14 Peephole for viewer to lease (6) 16 Exploded with absence of sound? (3,3) 18 Embarrassed-looking Marxist confronted (3-5) 19 This bird’s the reverse of other birds (4) 22 Record membership (5) 23 Form of ciphers (7) 24 Alan’s note is startling in a way (11) DOWN 2 One wants to be so described (5) 3 Animal on its back in long grass (4) 4 He has absolute control of the French

drug (6) 5 Writer in Essex bothered by costs (8) 6 It sinks beneath the waves (7) 7 Frozen to the core? (4-7) 8 Final date in the Julian calendar? (4,2,5) 13 Failures in acting led Faust to be

abandoned (8) 15 Confirm being somewhat sore after the

finish (7) 17 Domestic service (3,3) 20 Country doctors are OK (5) 21 Be quiet, give two rings and drive

away (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Actress in main female role (7,4) 9 Corroborate (7) 10 Work at a loom (5) 11 No more than (4) 12 Decorative article (8) 14 Minion (6) 16 Interfere (6) 18 Large Australian marsupial (8) 19 To throw (4) 22 Lacking power to move (5) 23 Practice of agriculture (7) 24 Behave fairly and honestly (4,3,4)) DOWN 2 Force out (5) 3 To abandon (4) 4 Disposition (6) 5 Legislator (8) 6 Affording no prospects (4-3) 7 Shakespearean comedy (2,3,4,2) 8 Provide the background (3,3,5) 13 Unduly strict formality (8) 15 Keep secret (7) 17 Type of sponge (6) 20 An established principle (5) 21 Boast (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS (14736)

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