CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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26 27 28 29 30 31 2 There’s money in women’s underwear, son (5) Wide boys who quietly figure among the saints? (5) Carrier of a letter from a courtier (7)

Spanish style of dome? (5) Sort of woman to lose out on love? (5)

There’s a new one across the ocean (5)

See in order to rescind (7) Pop back again (3) Roguish as a bishop could be? (4)

Wildly I curse the chance of getting seasick (6) Removes an article from the stairs (5)

Player of a part in rotation (6)

To flunk upsets Alfie no end! (4)

I do so playfully (3)

Has she to be in front of another girl? (7) There’s little in a dismal life (5)

Once highly decorated island (5)

Last portion of fish – a small piece (5)

Where more than one man could appear in an operatic part (7)

A chap to try out with hesitation? (5)

Look embarrassed when the president gets out of a corner (5)

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Did he finish a picture with black, being French? (6) 3 4

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18 19 21 Spoil a drink (6)

He’s always on key for vocal music (3)

A giant among the stars (5) Men of vision holding £50 for the vendors (7) Goad for a dunderhead (4) Figure to fiddle seats for the matches (6)

Put down as a Western ceremony (5)

A game involving sets (5) Alarming vehicle in outer Surrey (5)

Restful letter to a Russian (5)

The Handel largo is too much for her (5) Basket with a hole in it (5) In brief, all girl (7)

Dope can make a difference