CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
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FRIDAY’S SOLUTION DOWN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 Dope making a comeback: a singer who’s over the top (4,2)
Meted out while she decorated the exterior (6,2) One or two items on the fishmonger’s slab (6,5) Ultra efficient, but could be bettered (9)
With “Stop harbouring evil,” winding up (7)
The finer points of rowing? (3,3,4)
Said only he’s a laughingstock (4)
A number swam back to protect the birds (6) Take the father back-stage to the little dears (7)
Over their going out West, seem very pained (6) ACROSS: 1. As-set 6. M-O-GG-y 9. Fiction 10. Cr-oft 11. Tent-h 12. My-th(ought)s 13. Matches 15. Rum 17. Edit 18. Cre-a-te
19. Veils 20. Hotb-ed 22. Pipe 24. Sis 25. Abrades 26. Dives 27. Civic 28. Sauce 29. Allowed 30. A-GI-le 31. Wells
2. Spread 3. Effect 4. Tit 5. Stays 6. Mothers 7. O-NES 8. Get out 12. Mewed 13. Meth-s 14. T-ilts 15. Ra-B-id
18. C-L-ubs 19. Vehicle 21. O-I-ling 22. Parade 23. P-enci-l 25. Aesop 26. Di-Al 28. Sew
EASY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
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14 15 16 17 18 20 22 23 Top and tail for cooking — that’s fine (7) Rebuking for putting the brakes on (7,2)
It starts here (5)
The animal, with some difficulty, skirts the void (5) Will make a splash, he contends (7)
Followed the advice given and didn’t quit the stage (5,2) Glaring when I take out the blueprint (5)
Figure you’ll enjoy the article (5)
Fight waste (5)
Upset, shake (6)
The father dog didn’t go hungry (6) Conceited, like the girl in the advertising poster (5-2) Humble, gives the tea bags back to (7) Establishes one is clearly surprised (6)
It indicates unsettled weather (6)
Goes along with on the second date (5)
Equal in the game (5) Incline towards being a little over-generous (5) Encourage the near desperate (7)
Found one gravitated towards the right, on getting in (7) Note you rely on completely (5)
Leave on time, from the draper’s (5)
Says the girl’s smuggled in a cat (9)
Went on to add a grass border (7)
Make ready (7) Deferred (9) Middle-distance runner (5) Artless (5) Small bird (7) Boorish (7) Oarsman (5) Fruit (5) Fence of shrubs (5) Eraser (6) Hate (6)
FRIDAY’S SOLUTION
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Sleep (7) Related (7) Planet (6) Three-legged stand (6)
Liquid measure (5) Wireless (5) Cuban dance (5) Error (7)
Urge (7)
Motif (5) Precise (5) Assist financially (9) ACROSS: 1. Steep 6. Delta 9. Replied 10. Allot 11. Cited 12. Ambit 13. Revenge 15. Top Here 24. Spa 25. Bruiser 26. Blurs 27. Trait 28. Adder 29. Lettuce 30. Asked 31. Erred
2. Teller 3. Eroded 4. Pet 5. Slime 6. Decibel 7. Edit 8. Tremor 12. Agate 13. Rasps
21. Operas 22. Hinder 23. Revere 25. Brute 26. Bile 28. Ace Stilted 17. Arid 18. Secure 14. Villa 19. Still 20. Polite 22. 15. Tunes 16. Peter 16. Me-Des 18. Slurs 19.