CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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2 3 4 Late in the day, enlightenment for a clique (6) One who keeps a catalogue of lofty notions? (8) Make a hole in a tattered robe (4)

Another name for Romeo, when after a girl (6)

The French style of toga is smooth (6)

What the captain did, in

(3) Covered the joint, maybe? (5)

Apt to be looked up to? (4) Only one person can perform them backwards! (5) Barred from leaving (5) The house is old, dilapidated, having much age (5) Plenty of cotton socks (4) She’s bad-tempered and less than astute (5)

The little chap always has a kiss for mum (3)

Could he serve you a line in cheap drink? (6) Clumsy American who gets a gal too upset (6)

It’s there for anybody to win! (4)

Hesitated to have the figurehead changed (8)

The crossword author’s dog? (6)

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Start a journey with a porter out East (3,3)

It’s handled as a scoop (6) A frontier row? (4) US peninsula or South African fish (4,3) 5 6 8 9

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20 21 Central Anglo Saxon king? (5)

Suffered from having no seat (5)

Just the chap to spoon with a bird? (4)

Again, figure as a revolutionary (3)

Talk a lot in picking a side (3) Bit of a joint where any number’s ten out (5)

In my case, a duck and a horse; also a cat (5)

A letter in the hospital pharmacy (5)

Down at the bottom of the class, nowadays (3)

It’s on the sheltered side (3) Confronted with a cow, the wild deer showed fear (7) 22 23 24

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28 30 Allow, but with constraint (3)

Gift for a pupil in temporary quarters (6)

Only a small part of England has a farm animal on (4) A simple model? (6) Jonathan was not slow (5) Something you could possibly fire, keeping a level head (5)

Master plan, initially? (3) They’re high up in the theatre (4)