CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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20 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 3 Weapons that suit (5) Seat for a chap at church (5) Be extravagant with the punch (4,3)

Lacking freedom, like many old people (5) Figuratively not Arabic (5) Foreign rule? (5) Wander around like me and that cockney woman (7) He wants smart clothes and loud music (3)

He’s handy albeit breathless (4)

Al gives dad a new coin (6) More courageous as a player? (5)

To go motoring with a learner is nonsense! (6) Language socially acceptable and a bit arduous (4) Nevertheless needed in pretty etchings (3) Such comedians may get no rest (5-2)

Bring and sell for what you can get (5)

Army measure dating from biblical times (5) Whence to phone that the pair are out for a duck (5) But he could be an engine driver! (7)

Showing no emotion but some gusto, I see (5) Form of address for a beloved Yankee? (5)

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To the Dane, perhaps, the French seem a heavy burden (6)

Fishy letter to little Leonard (6) 4

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14 15 16 18 Sorry to come between dad and Ena, somewhere (3) Encouraging fare? (5) A visitor with taking ways (7)

Playing Harrow, unlikely to get ten out for nought (4) With which to write a corny composition (6) Splendid booze-up! (5) Does she mean a lot to “17 Across”? (5)

When the dam bursts, it follows, you’ll agree (5) Line taken in crossing a Norwegian inlet (5) What the toast may do when pa gets out of bed (3,2)

It’s in the upper third of Western Australia (5)