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FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN £100 CASH

Withdraw a claim, finding defender depressed (4,4)

5 A graduate copper’s

calculating device (6)

10 Admit defeat, finding new

wheel not worth it (5,2,3,5)

11 Eastern friend receiving question in the same way (7) Religious traveller, foreign character, large and stern (7) Animal, clever, that may be tolerated (8)

Live with head of department in good health (5)

Plant from batch found by you and me (5)

Duel with aunt, possibly, and wave (8)

From Rome, his mash, very pleasant to eat (7) Professional supporter, English, being blasphemous (7) Supportive person for short wet gent, confused (5,2,8) Saint, mature, revealing band of colour (6)

Think about putting Conservative on team with royal (8) 1 12 13 15 18 20 23 25 26 27 28

ACROSS DOWN

1 Beer making you resentful (6)

2 Fat cold loner put off (9)

3 Laggard – terrible waddler (7)

4 Worker originally in the outskirts of Derby when it’s blustery (5)

6 Graduate, teetotal, was first to

have fought (7)

7 Bovine animal with the queen

makes us cringe (5)

8 Mel’s only moving in a serious

manner (8)

9 She quietly meets ambassador

on road with rural worker (8)

14 Rebuff making bachelor hurry

away (5-3)

16 Alienated European, odd, with

head of department (9)

17 Plant from unusual calm site (8)

19 Commotion at university about

rider’s first foot support (7)

21 Big cat, 10, seen in large loch (7)

22 Held by mate, the right tie (6)

24 Oarsman having argument

with hesitation (5)

25 One carried by father to

paved area (5) read down the letters in the highlighted squares to reveal the mystery word

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