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- 1 Human being (6) 2 Region (4) 3 Shouted (6) 4 Divide (5) 5 Biscuit (5) 6 Consumed (3) 7 Polite chap (4) 8 Type of gas (4) 15 Opponent (5) 17 Limb (3) 19 Mesh (3) 20 Moose (3) 22 Utilise (3) 24 Evaluate (6) 25 Study of plants (6) 27 Pilot’s tool (5) 28 As

Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 City for cavorting pairs (5) 5 Cart tore a gown (5) 9 Are back for a long time (3) 10 Petal-shaped dish (5) 11 Learn layout of the kidneys (5) 12 Marsh has iron and nitrogen (3) 13 Relaxed during conversati­on (3) 14 Fired with anger (3) 16 Healthy colour in Istanbul (3) 18 Complete space with flag (6) 21 Uncovered a painting (4) 23 Clambering with youngster (4) 26 Follows paths (6) 29 Elizabeth’s wager (3) 31 Falling into everything (3) 32 Risotto captivates drunk (3) 34 He’s on the staff (3) 36 Moving near a venue (5) 37 Air new question to one Arab (5) 38 Heard boy is a star (3) 39 Residence right for poet (5) 40 My European ship came in, filthy (5)

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1 For every boy is individual (6) 2 Part of Far East (4) 3 Raged, terribly ardent (6) 4 Leave an Adriatic resort (5) 5 Struggle to get iron into thin sheet (5) 6 Devoured more than seven, say (3) 7 Fellow gets informatio­n on time (4) 8 Gas that none used (4) 15 Enemy has viral problem (5) 17 Charming in branch (3) 19 Catch in one trap (3) 20 Feel kind of large animal (3) 22 Roused into employment (3) 24 Judge fools at school (6) 25 Not by a different study (6) 27 Navigation aid that looks both ways (5) 28 Maintain mollusc has one (5) 29 Party is a hit (4) 30 Smart crop (4) 33 Nous about task (4) 35 Raw material from forest (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 European city (5) 5 Carriage (5) 9 Age (3) 10 Crockery item (5) 11 Of the kidneys (5) 12 Low-lying land (3) 13 Took a chair (3) 14 Fury (3) 16 Brown (3) 18 Whole (6) 21 Naked (4) 23 Young sheep (4) 26 Rails (6) 29 Wager (3) 31 Everything (3) 32 Drunkard (3) 34 Stick (3) 36 Amphitheat­re (5) 37 Baghdad native? (5) 38 Star (3) 39 Greek poet (5) 40 Untidy (5)

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