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THE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Punishment as part of learning (10) 6 Strikers attempt to return (4)
10 Soft drink without fruit (5)
11 A good one gets a lot of backing (9) 12 Quiet footwear in tap-dancer’s shuffle (4-4) 13 Didn’t leave out (5)
15 Baseball player who’s a successful detective? (7)
17 Snarled about a false report (7) 19 Vegetables growing from a vessel in rubbish dumps (7)
21 Refuse to vote putting Jack on the spot (7) 22 Accommodation that’s top-hole if out of work maybe (5)
24 Follower likely to maintain contact (8) 27 In money I’ve a reason for working (9) 28 Alan’s unusual manner of speaking? (5) 29 Imposed duty (4)
30 But it keeps tongues busy! (4,6)
Down
1 Drink prescribed by doctor before morning (4) 2 Stay to drink beer (9)
3 Nitre treated like nitrogen (5) 4 Unsteady dog? (7)
5 The heart of the matter (7)
7 A danger out east at this time of the year (5) 8 Grew silent becoming too hot to talk (10) 9 Glider pilots find them uplifting (8)
14 It’s wet and fine at the same time (6,4) 16 An almost invisible marking that recedes with age (8)
18 Ill judgment (9)
20 One of the main fliers (3,4)
21 Perform successfully (7)
23 Moments that can worry sheep and cattle (5) 25 Musical piece written for a man to perform (5) 26 No success at keeping a girl quiet (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Make poor (10) 6 Southwest Pacific islands state (4)
10 Laud (5)
11 Showing foresight (9) 12 Divert attention of (8)
13 Up to the time of (5)
15 Go faster than (7)
17 Fast sailing ship (7) 19 Conciliatory (7)
21 Craftsman (7)
22 Sequence (5) 24 Over-elaborated (8)
27 Way of applying remedies (9) 28 Form an alliance (5)
29 Uncivil (4)
30 Naively enthusiastic (6-4)
DOWN
1 Paragraph of news (4) 2 Devoted to one’s country (9 3 High South African grassland (5)
4 Put back (7)
5 Habitual doubter (7) 7 Bungling (5)
8 Bigoted (10)
9 Inform (8)
14 Rival (10)
16 Mutual attraction (8) 18 Future generations (9) 20 Gather together (7) 21 Judge (7)
23 In the lead (5)
25 Lending at exorbitant
rates (5)
26 Be inclined (4)