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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across

1. A killjoy one treats over-indulgentl­y with drink (10)

6. It is only men that play the stock market like this (4)

10. Coach makes a girl wary: CIA are about! (7,8)

11. Following American subject brought consequenc­es (9)

12. Doctor will not start loss of waste material (5)

13. Walk affectedly to the cinema, endlessly in a whirl (5)

15. There’s a pointed end on one’s favourite ecclesiast­ical scarf (6)

19. Tea a boy takes to ferryman of the lower world (6)

20. One might ask for a puff on a spliff and get a hat (5)

23. So now it is possible to pass out (5) 24. Made one side fast and met all requiremen­ts (9)

26. Once on the move, it never stops (9,6)

27. One may weary of putting it on the American wheel (4)

28. Al’s prayers go to such as stop movement (10)

Down

1. Am crass, making such a jibe (7)

2. Not including the ingot Tim forged (8)

3. Bloom that doesn’t open will let one down (5)

4. The salary a teacher gets from the man with the money (9)

5. A fish – the char – nothing can upset (5)

7. There’s a small table from the East to pay for (6)

8. One will make things go smoothly for a member of a biker gang (7)

9. One granted that it could make the slope (8)

14. In conclusion he can make the switch with heightened effect (8)

16. Pat and Ena might have given everything up for a cigar (9)

17. One equal in making it in the form of an eagle (8)

18. As Pisces changes and Taurus starts, it collects the waste (7)

21. The conclusion­s one is posting head-to-tail (7)

22. Awful repugnance at the three

Rs? Oho! (6) 24. A US/North America version of the steam bath (5) 25. Is obdurate – and completely broke (5)

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