CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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Something written with diplomacy about the ruling head (5)

Cat man? (5)

Pursuit, possibly on a horse (5) A favourite trumpet piece (3) Having it in person may be vital (5)

Points a piece of furniture out as being reasonable (7) Sportingly describable as the slippery slope? (5)

Of Urdu derivation, it means no good (3)

There’s spiritual advice to keep this up (6)

In which girls may be all bent on playing the game (7) Make a bit healthier! (4) Don’t go to the wrong spot (4) Afoot, a frightening thing to say to Jim? (3,4)

It’s sad when tracks go round an endless line (6)

Terry has little means of communication (3)

To a saint, yes, they can affect viewers (5)

A note one left of negligible significance (7)

Jelly snake, I see (5) Made a hole in the dough? Oh no! (3)

How Moira goes native (5) In school, Derek became so inevitably (5)

Playful talk? (5)

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See intricate detail as something strongly defensible (7) Unusually meaty? (4)

A good house converted cheap at Leatherhead (6) Processed, some nicotine is medicinal (5) Diminish what the seaman had to eat (5)

Boy in trouble, naturally (3) Men of the traditional school? (3,4)

An objectionable word? (3) Slip along and get the fish (5) Burst out with pure nonsense on finishing last! (5)

Such synthetic stuff can show a split, note (7) 20 21 23

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Fragments said to follow fission? (5)

Smart refusal to be put out of the race (5)

The way to give the firm support (7)

So pigs can spread it? (6) Female always in the news (3) Is it bound to be a salt product? (5) Hotheaded pair of listeners, one learns (5) Intoxicating Elgar composition (5)

That optically disadvantaged trio? (4)

Result of wet weather in Bermuda (3)