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STRAIGHT CLUES
ACROSS 1
Playground item (6) 5 Gulps down a drink (8) 9 Joint at the top of the arm (8) 10 Reach out, stretch (6) 11 In what way? (3) 12 Company, firm (8) 14 Large woody plant (4) 15 Cross, annoyed (5) 17 Warms up (5) 18 Sob, cry (4) 19 Substance used by scientists (8) 23 Schoolboy’s peaked garment (3) 25 Habitual use, tradition (6) 26 Fat from roast or fried beef, etc. (8) 27 Become less (8) 28 Take into custody (6)
DOWN 2
Resound (4) 3 Compass direction of 225 degrees (9) 4 Bereaved wife (5) 5 Clean with a brush (5) 6 Regions (5) 7 A ‘dead’ language (5) 8 Car’s front window (10) 13 Glass-paned place for rearing plants (10) 16 Daily or weekly publication (9) 20 It measures flows of water, gas, etc. (5) 21 Punctuation mark (5) 22 Projection, shelf (5) 23 Crockery (5) 24 Ceases (4)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1
Stupid ass and wandering ewe collectively get something for the children (6) 5 Takes down birds (8) 9 Carry a piece of lamb? (8) 10 In the next endeavour I might have to stretch (6) 11 Who turned out, and in which manner? (3) 12 Firm, rightful concern (8) 14 Something growing in a street or one beside an avenue (4) 15 Not all antediluvian gryphons were wild (5) 17 Eliminating events, as the order shows (5) 18 Small, quiet cry (4) 19 But does it show an alchemic reaction? (8) 23 Put a limit on headgear (3) 25 Patronage is the normal practice (6) 26 Animal product is leaking slowly (8) 27 Press to make smaller! (8) 28 Run in to stop (6)
DOWN 2
Sound return from the chosen investment(4) 3 Shouts ‘Wet application!’ direction (9) 4 Her partner left her alone! (5) 5 Brush in the undergrowth (5) 6 Regions in the Far East (5) 7 Language which is not altogether historical. A tiny part is not (5) 8 It’s clear to see it separates a driver from certain elements (10) 13 Royal family supporting colour of a growing place (10) 16 Renews app about a source of information (9) 20 It measures the flow of a certain length we hear (5) 21 In this sit-com, make out it indicates a pause in the script (5) 22 Partially fledged, yet on the shelf (5) 23 Sadly aching, but not starting groaning in the country (5) 25 Finishes with objectives (4)