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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Agree to show an interest in investment (5) 8 About to turn evil positively deadly (8) 9 Abode made of sun-dried bricks (5) 10 Outlook from carriage (8) 11 Eight have to turn the rest back in (5) 12 Live a somewhat peculiar existence (3) 16 Way change of date may be expressed (6) 17 Outstanding work of art (6) 18 Give vent to a song (3) 23 Amusing nobleman rising fifty (5) 24 Deck in a thousand-tonner (8) 25 A bit off the fairway? (5) 26 The courtesy of the townsman (8) 27 Regretted caging a bird (5)
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2 Show I can edit the right way (8) 3 A noted textbook (8) 4 He’s been named as the winner (6) 5 Love food (5) 6 Establish a lead in a tennis match (3,2) 7 Three is odd number (5) 12 She appears as a lawyer in the States (3) 13 Faultily execute right about turn (3) 14 Frightening the French into preparing for war (8) 15 Not rare words of praise (4,4) 19 Light in it for example goes out (6) 20 One breaks the law to go turning
up in a Paris street (5) 21 Rebukes with upturned noses? (5) 22 So men are employed making
signs (5)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 To estimate (5) 8 Indemnify (4,4) 9 Merit (5) 10 Widely distributed (3-5) 11 Italian port; a sail (5) 12 Physical training centre (3) 16 US islands state (6) 17 North Atlantic volcanic islands (6) 18 An unfilled space (3) 23 Expertness (5) 24 Best clothes (4,4) 25 Spanish equivalent of
Mister (5) 26 A drink before bedtime (8) 27 Crookedly (5)
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2 In unison (2,3,3) 3 Exceed acceptable limits (2,3,3) 4 Spanish islands: a songbird (6) 5 Regard as a god (5) 6 Fashion (5) 7 Traditional maxim (5) 12 Light one-horse carriage (3) 13 Chart (3) 14 Permanently (3,5) 15 Thoroughly cooked (4-4) 19 Sea and islands of SE Europe (6) 20 Spy (5) 21 Latin-American ballroom dance (5) 22 Case for goods in transit (5)