CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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35 36 Might their wearer get sozzled at the Saracen’s Head? (6)

Legendary victim making it a cruel anagram (8)

As baked at some stage in experimental labs? (6) Saint who confused Nabal with Laban? (5)

Did this bird never say no? (4)

Tool for working a spar (4) May be handy if you’re about to pass out (4)

Do a bit of housework (3) The havoc when I’m given the runaround (4) Stravinsky’s vigorous piece (4)

Flew round in fabulous fashion (9)

Even smaller than miniature! (4)

Number of spectators watching an opener? (4) Overweight yet fast, not a slow starter (3) Dispatch, say, about fifty (4) A quiet morning? It’s just not true! (4)

Game of polo? (4)

Not new in the least! (5) Throw out half of it when storing papers (6) In position, for example (8) Such varnish doesn’t suit the whole ship, I see (6)

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21 To wreck a boot is simply not allowed (5)

Do such dancers try to leave? (4)

Farmer helping with guidance? (6) Powerless to choose one’s course? (6)

Start walking back, as a rule (3)

It has strings attached (5) Can it make one glad to be in Ireland? (7)

Some outdated ideas passed muster (3) Little chap less than resolute? (3)

Concert, in a sense (6) He’s entertained in vague style (5)

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32 33 can be amusing (3) Sunny little chap? (3) Boaters may find her accommodating (6)

Drink up, mate! (3) Reason for a solder to be in some locality (5) Be somewhere often, if only in spirit (5)

Just one scrap can get fighters confused! (5) Tribesman in an epic tale (4) Rugby boy determined to get a goal? (4)