CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 3 4 Five boundaries? (5) Acceptable letters about Ali (5) Maybe a GI’s one to suffer them (7) A name in cigar manufacture (5) With the bat, could he farm the bowling? (5) Friendly islands, traditionally (5) It’s cooked in ovens (7) A fifty-fifty total (3) Not really a simpleton’s school (4) Enjoy something saucy (6) Williams, out of this world? (5) Sent for a taxi and went ahead (6) Not so much of it! (4) With a cry, he comes to a sticky end (3) It’s played, as in part of a cantata (7) When one takes the lead, perhaps, it’s perfect (5) Where bachelors can join the artillery? (5) In extremes of frenzy, she’s sick (5) Burdensome enough to turn one sour? (7) Intended one to enter the police, shortly (5) At long last, an army with spirit! (5)

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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26 28 Being green, Ted ran wild with Victor (7) Stop certain things being still (6) Generous yet slavish share (6) Stops running for certain seats (6) Transport by car and railway (5) A one-man club? (4) In part of Uganda, there’s a bad atmosphere (3)