CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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For a one-off purpose, flavour pronouncedly with wine (2,3)

He has his own way of working in crime (5) Answer properly redirected at last (5)

Vehicle assembled from chariot parts (3)

Sea pink (5)

Where Londoners nibble at meat? (7)

In the end, many fail (5) It’s in the field of mineral resources (3)

Very slack, but clever about work, on the quiet (6) A rough idea of the direction of exit? (7)

See art as a vehicle (4) Worker having a great time at the piano (4)

Ruled out, a politician is disturbed (7)

To the school head, these are learned writings (6) To get the notes right, you need one for music (3) Runs a retail business in Russell Square (5) Deeply, darkly puzzling? Not if I can help it! (7) Rouse to make money (5) Plenty of warm clothes (3) It may carry a lot of symbolic meaning (5)

It can make them drunk at Ponders End (5) Benefits said to be short (5)

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Sweeter maybe, but cold hearted? (5) 2 4 5 6 7

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Exercise your right to keep fit (4,3) Catastrophic cause of a bad mood (4)

Is consulted but may make nothing clear! (6) Instrument forming part of a collection (5)

Take hold of many a snake (5)

Beth’s garment, in play? (3) Thick-skinned and unfeeling (7)

A Whitehall success? (3) Chosen as a noted new poet? (5)

E.g., looking around one in Scotland (5)

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They adjust costs nationally (5)

Window offering a view of the Loire? (5)

Can its outward resemblance to Perspex puzzle you? (7)

Carry on with the summary (6)

Put those eggs down! (3) A flier gets ahead with her (5)

It puts you out, naturally (5) Able to make a quick exit from Clitheroe (5) Treat books badly (4) Drink, little one (3)