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THE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Listen otherwise there is nothing to hear (6) 4 Put on heavy music symbolic of Ireland? (8) 9 Make straight for this (6) 10 Plant in grade A condition (8) 12 Plenty at the auction (4) 13 That celebratory bit on the fourth of July (5) 14 Return before reaching source of burning
issue (4) 17 Most appealing features of newspapers
perhaps (5,7) 20 A fair swimmer? (7,5) 23 Approve of American fashion (4) 24 Spending some surplus in gold (5) 25 Small yet troublesome inflammation (4) 28 Dora and Rita may get you warmer - or
cooler! (8) 29 Stop side replacing good man (6) 30 An accommodating woman (8) 31 Bow to a lady; it’s a sign (6)
DOWN
1 With luck pals arranged some capital cover (8) 2 Spot a feline holding another with love (8) 3 The average Pole or Frenchman? (4) 5 Jealousy - caused by overindulgence? (12) 6 Produced under pressure? (4) 7 Decorated about noon, has to deliver a speech (6) 8 Knock out, sad to say, furry animals (6) 11 He’ll fulfil his promise (3,2,3,4) 15 How government works as a rule (2-3) 16 Admirers of high status (5) 18 Sole - yet not the only one (8) 19 He chooses though losing his head as he votes (8) 21 Stock type of pen (6) 22 Excuse to knock up a Spaniard (6) 26 Boat made to swing off course to port (4) 27 Clothes which people drive in (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 An overused phrase (6) 4 In a manner of speaking
(2,2,4) 9 Inform (6) 10 Amply supplied (8) 12 Boisterous play (4) 13 Big and strong (5) 14 Unproductive (4) 17 Unsurpassed (6,2,4) 20 Apportionment (12) 23 Eliminating contest (4) 24 Harmonious cooperation (5) 25 Earnest entreaty (4) 28 Plant of Narcissus genus (8) 29 Distinctive personal bearing (6) 30 Almost (4-4) 31 Painful experience (6)
DOWN
1 Differ strikingly (8) 2 Close familiarity (8) 3 Fit of petty annoyance (4) 5 Prove the truth of (12) 6 Melody (4) 7 Rubbed out (6) 8 Magnitude (6) 11 Utterly outpaced (4,8) 15 To loose (5) 16 Excessive (5) 18 Intense destructive force (8) 19 Going the rounds (2,6) 21 Secretly follow (6) 22 Legitimate (6) 26 A timely benefit (4) 27 Reasonable (4)