The Star Early Edition

Double Crossword

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1 Give a gratuity to the mounts and have a decisive impact (3,3,6) 9 Come alive at a deathwatch (5) 10 Made a keel sink in the Serpentine (9) 11 Where to sign when things are at stake (2,3,4) 12 Smack at the end of print run (5) 13 Pair of lugs, each left in ceremonial gowns (3,5) 15 Oddly glad to blow your gasket in mechanic’s workshop (6) 18 Slobber over dealer in bondage (6) 19 Continenta­l accommodat­ion on superannua­tion (8) 22 Assumed name was on a spanker’s back (5) 24 Lebanese bread containing pickled caper for each person (3,6) 26 Use due caution after missing out on university scholarshi­p (9) 27 With molten core, it’s hot in the centre of earth (5) 28 Listeners add spice where a castaway’s washed up? (6,6) DOWN 1 Half-baked tart sparked a riot in restaurant (9) 2 Slice of tart with cheese crusts (5) 3 Nursing homes stuff photo inside tubing (8) 4 Part of a flower least amenable to cutting (6) 5 Use a Latin translatio­n for Pacific islands (9) 6 Running race to overtake one girl (5) 7 Staff allowed hard core a form of early release (6) 8 Forbidding divorce before the end of college (6) 14 To stretch the truth may otherwise serve to a T (9) 16 Put an end to a boil, burst and cast off (9) 17 Barges in different directions (8) 18 Speaker went on about time of distance runner (6) 20 Walked behind skinhead when strung out (6) 21 Starting pistol went off (6) 23 Tied up in the middle of cavities in the skull (2,3) 25 Scent of chopped up marjoram or aniseed (5)

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