CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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Charge Charlie with getting mixed up in a rebellious cause (6) Investigations of tricky questions, nothing less (8) A spirited sitting (6) Piece of sticky paper (5) Cosy little place in Vine Street (4)

Fruit for the bird? (4) Taken all round, is it indiscriminate? (4)

Can she hold her guy? (3) What spring lambs do softly on the meadow? (4) Taken off by a copyist? (4) Something to read on the beach? (9)

Culinary plant, absolutely fresh (4)

Never short of backing, it’s true (4)

26 No Yankee way to get a kiss with a model? (3) God’s is a piece of sacred land (4)

Vehicle with central heating? (4)

Are they medium slippery? (4)

A Russian name for cloth (5) The unmarried one (6) Trains Pa to become a contender (8)

Put a good face on, albeit woodenly (6) 7

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City source of parts for miniskirts (5)

She confronts the king, crying loudly (5) Preserve part of a castle (4) Dunces producing some 5 6 9 11 12 13

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20 21 crass essays (5)

Talk of a century by a bowler? (4)

Fired for having a drink with the Editor? (6)

Run off, like some splashes on a garment (6)

It may be on cue for snooker (3)

Where Italian mail is sorted for the north (5) Children with sharp teeth? (7)

Pop over again (3)

For each amount priced (3) Lead to a bizarre consequential conclusion (6) When new they were more valuable (5)

But not too young to make a big hit (3) 22

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It’s a short way from Daventry (3)

Airmen all at sea? (6) A measure of underground work? (3)

Noted role, easily understood (5)

One could sing them in a sari (5)

Those falsely termed choppers? (5)

Look sideways at part of a dog leg? (4)

It could be a spanker! (4)