CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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3 4 Looks at books (6) Foreign confectionery to have a fling with (8)

A trap’s reset in an ancient city (6)

A private name (5)

One can weaken and still wave it (4)

It didn’t grow at Tyburn (4) Coastal feature ripe for redevelopment (4)

A familiar facsimile (3) On the ground, perhaps, too weak to stand up? (4) A figure advanced at Bristol, for instance (4)

Actor playing Bonnie Prince Charlie? (9)

By which Elsie is no end misled? (4)

Passes for females (4) Fail to survive on an inadequate diet (3)

To some ladies, an unpleasant creature (4)

But a greyhound can get out of it (4)

Blue essay about love (4) Old African country with a middle-sized river (5)

In play, could be termed a city of gentlemen (6) The cat gets a bird — as it flies through the air? (8) One learning the way in N. Ireland? (6)

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Writer of Caledonian tales initially (5)

He’s imagined to make men go astray (5)

Light? Emphatically! (4) Passage to a place like Capri (5)

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21 22 23 Many a student joke is a bore (4)

He gave a perfect ending to a clever piece of painting (6) Show proudly that dad’s exceptionally dear (6)

A royal ball (3)

Over a yard, but just about a quarter of a foot! (5)

The one Madame Butterfly sang of? (4,3)

Mine’s in hospital (3) In favour of raising the roof, nothing less (3) Charlton, in the London area (6)

She can be strikingly enlightening (5)

Soft, that is, to eat? (3) Seem ready to drop off (3) Brownish uniform? (6) 25 28

30 31 32 33 Heart to heart listener (3) Are to edit and deliver a speech (5)

Figure a liar may be out to surpass you! (5)

Not exactly perky, but rather sickly (5)

Common verb that turns up in Herodotus (2,2)

Laze around with gusto! (4)