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THE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 The beauty appears without wrinkles (10) 6 Promise made by 007 (4) 10 Beat and serve out broth (5) 11 Pays liars to make a complaint (9) 12 Smash gavel say in a violent way (8) 13 Put away in great enjoyment (5) 15 Books intended for the lower classes (7) 17 A number agreed to correction being humble (7) 19 Kind of labour we get fed up about (7) 21 One bill inside another one gets for bacteria (7) 22 Hood and sash worn in the Royal Navy (5) 24 Useful people showing diplomacy in studies (8) 27 Questions are asked if such a meeting is on the air (5,4) 28 Outright threat represented in letter from Greece (5) 29 Where some boys learn fame can boomerang (4) 30 Our respect will be misplaced for such a tyrant (10)
DOWN
1 Instance of a plot being reported (4) 2 Fat fish swallowed by a serviceman (9) 3 Sign of weighty significance (5) 4 They feel for crabs that lack food (7) 5 Roamed the street with ready change (7) 7 Attack aimed at badgers (5) 8 Don’t allow to succeed? (10) 9 Being so may make me react rashly (8) 14 It indicates I will be missing from ‘Who’s Who’ (10) 16 Snare ten squirming fish (8) 18 Share distributed to tall men (9) 20 Get cleared in order to make a statement (7) 21 They prohibit flags (7) 23 You may play it but don’t let little
Josephine (5) 25 Athenian room at the top (5) 26 One thing and another (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Guiding principle (6,4) 6 Stimulus (4) 10 Audibly (5) 11 Brazen (9) 12 Series of military operations (8) 13 Person staying at an hotel (5) 15 A salad vegetable (7) 17 With an expressionless face (7) 19 Happening now (7) 21 Breathtaking (7) 22 Stuck (5) 24 Keep under control (8) 27 Notice (9) 28 Craftiness (5) 29 Sudden rapid movement (4) 30 The go-ahead (5,5)
DOWN
1 Tiny biting fly (4) 2 Take care of (4,5) 3 Find oneself finally (3,2) 4 Fidgety (7) 5 Erudite (7) 7 Chessman other than pawn (5) 8 Optimistic (4-6) 9 Capital of Serbia (8) 14 Absolute scoundrel (10) 16 Interminable (8) 18 Likely to turn out well (9) 20 Small dog used by hunters
(7) 21 Lack (7) 23 Speak (5) 25 Kingly (5) 26 Noteworthy achievement (4)