The Argus

2-Speed Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

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Across

6. Animal to look round old measure (7)

7. Ban all triviality at the outset (5)

9. Mode of travel for the carpenter... (5)

10. ... and the tutor travelling by rail? (7)

12. A way out East and South, and how to sail there! (6,5)

From whence to obtain summer refreshmen­t for clerical workers? (6,5) Middle of the facade is indeed disfigured (7)

Minor accident with lighter (5)

Bit of a fight (5)

Unfrocks holy man found in undesirabl­e residences (7) 14. 18.

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Down

1 & 2Dn. Game requiring bat, net and lines (5-6)

See 1 Down

Crafty and grisly conclusion (3) Material in the musical I composed (6) Reading matter for teetotalle­r replacing novices in 6 (7)

Neat servant (7)

Retrace mixture and he may provide for you (7)

Such a practice is illegal! (7) Somehow at home, yet not at home! (2,1,3)

16 & 17Dn. Constituen­t of constabula­ry chinaware? (11)

See 16 Down

A title is among his desires (3)

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20. SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S 2-SPEED CROSSWORD:

Across: 7 Alpine; 8 Scream; 10 Reactor; 11 Older; 12 Aces; 13 Venus; 17 Wager; 18 Purr; 22 Lathe; 23 Safaris; 24 Strong; 25 Lesson.

Down: 1 Fairway; 2 Speaker; 3 Gnats; 4 Octopus; 5 Bends; 6 Smart; 9 Free verse; 14 Pageant; 15 Sunrise; 16 Arising; 19 Clash; 20 Store; 21 Offer.

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