CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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4 5 Computer bits? (5) Food partly cooked during Prohibition? (5)

Tear ahead somewhere in Yorkshire (5)

To love excessively (3) Dramatic scenery? (5) Dealt with the cards put on the table (7)

The complaint of a fathead, always? (5) Fundamental part of a hydroelectric scheme (3) Entertainment from the medicine man? (6)

A fixed sort of charge made by soldiers (7)

Off playing football? (4) The right function of a device (4)

They’re not hard to hook! (7) London’s beach (6) Rubbish in a bad state (3) Dance originating in Tonga? (5)

One in no hurry to get treated? (7)

Modern communication gives them trouble (5) Menagerie animal? (3)

It flies along a quiet country road (5)

External route maybe (5) Old rulers, never red (5)

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Provincial boys (5) Suitable time for a farewell? (4,3)

He’s getting the Editor’s attention! (4)

The advantage of interrupting 6 7 9 12 14 16 17 19 20 a badly arranged trip (6) Charmer apt to make a lot of noise (5) Symbolically, it gives a child a bit of a problem (5) Such a man can become a prisoner (3)

A test, indeed, made less important (7)

Song of a once penniless lady (3)

Full of love, she’s considered ‘armless (5) Competes in providing good services at a tourist centre (5) Diagrammatically, London’s thin red line (7)

The character of part of 21 23

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Childish brainstorm? (5) About to unite, possibly forming a train (7) Underground guards in Zurich? (6)

Piece of clothing that means a good deal (3)

Like flat land in Constable country (5)

Factor in distributing tangerines? (5)

Does such cake contain spirit? (5)

A structure, that is, in outer Poplar (4)

Do what’s necessary in Leatherhead (3)