CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1. Winger 7. Official 8. Mona 10. Pea pod 11. Imp-act 14. New 16. Filly 17. Eyed

26. Straw 28. P-Al 29. Th-elm-a 30. Tot-al-s 31. O-pus 32. Cavalier 33. N-I-net-Y

1. Wimple 2. Groped 3. Road 4. Film fan 5. Viral 6. Platy 8. Mane 9. Now 12. P-in 13. CL-asp 15. Cover

20. We-t 21. Sawmill 22. Cal. 23. S-a-turn 24. A-las 25. S-isle-y 26. Stac-k 27. Reeve 28. Pop 30. To-RN

EASY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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19 Reveal that the day is near (8)

A back numbers issue (3) Used one to turn left? (6) To keep from talking, intern (4,2)

Wrecked when drunk (7) Said having me around gives confidence (4)

How the blinking rocket was launched? (7,3)

Many a chap, should he be getting on in years (8) Put the man’s name in red (7)

Tip you rely on (4) Having alighted at the stop, create resentment (6) Going through all the red lights is unprincipled (8,2,7) And in ways still holds good (6)

Gathered I had returned for the thing (4)

The agent is working, to a degree, for the tycoon (7) Only after one’s money and stuff (8)

It’s responsible for the holdup on the line (7,3) Frank is the one playing the piano inside (4) Result of opening the exit doors? (7)

With rest and exercise, back in the pink (6)

Make certain, before the sun breaks through (6) Plant - and you’ll wish you hadn’t (3)

One fated, perhaps, never to know the appeal of music (4,4)

Surgical cut (8) Alcoholic drink (3) Arm joints (6) Hackneyed expression (6) French country house (7) Poems (4) Particularly (10) Afflicted (8) Wreck, informally (7)

Kinship group (4)

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

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Amongst (6) Man’s haircut (5,4,3,5) Small restaurant (6)

Sicilian volcano (4) Inconsistent (7) Vegetable (8) Cold dessert (10) Celebrity (4) Eye-protectors (7) Underground room (6) Saunter (6) 19. Rowan ACROSS: 1. Chased 7. Reverent 8. Cone 10. Callow 11. Sparse 14. Aid 16. Andes

26. Depot 28. Tea 29. Edible 30. Saline 31. Oral 32. Scorched 33. Answer

1. Cancel 2. Stolid 3. Drew 4. Despair 5. Beard 6. Sties 8. Clan 9. Nod 12. Ant 13. Sepia

21. Pot luck 22. Mob 23. Delays 24. Rail 25. Brewer 26. Dense 27. Pilot 28. Tar 30. Soda 17. Land 19. Habit 21. S-even 22. Cadet 23. Saps 21. Poser 22. Motet 23. Drab 15. Easel 18. Youth 18. Asked 19. Red 19. Hot 20. Bet