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THE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Sphere of the occult (7,4) 9 Multiply without going forth (7) 10 Managed for example to turn round the stove (5) 11 Fuel container in military vehicle (4) 12 Don’t give up in attempt to get a win (3,5) 14 Pot is upset by relatives. Get a cloth (6) 16 A poem’s positive points (6) 18 Boring unusual rites have nothing on me (8) 19 Passage for one from Oslo (4) 22 A giant among stars (5) 23 His is a searching examination by all accounts (7) 24 When it’s too humid to hunt? (5,6)
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2 Steal in and get the bird (5) 3 Spring is something one may associate with flowers (4) 4 They’re cold-blooded and they’re calculating (6) 5 Cheap items don’t allow profits (8) 6 Neckline that may bring out a whistle (7) 7 Difference achieved by best exam candidates (11) 8 Where people may drive after the service (6,5) 13 Gives no answer in debate? (8) 15 Not wholly biased (7) 17 Black marks for slanderous attacks (6) 20 Top in garden party presentation (5) 21 It is thought to be almost perfect (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Feat of great skill (4,2,5) 9 Consideration (7) 10 Avoid facing up to (5) 11 Change direction (4) 12 Superior (6-2) 14 Recover (losses) (6) 16 Go to bed (4,2) 18 Uneasy (8) 19 A network fabric (4) 22 Startle out of inactivity (5) 23 Come to rest (5,2) 24 Running level in race (4,3,4)
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2 Pure refreshing air (5) 3 Fierce anger (4) 4 Necessitate (6) 5 Catch up with (8) 6 Acute annoyance (7) 7 Continually (2,5,4) 8 Maintain physical fitness (4,2,5) 13 Sudden flare-up of disease (8) 15 A shut-down (7) 17 Overpower with noise (6) 20 Set of moral principles (5) 21 Knock senseless (4)