TWO-WAY TEASER
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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
This boy can expect blame, so is hiding (8)
Being in one means trouble, you see (4)
Catch by a fingertip (4) Historically, did they religiously make wordy jokes about a girl? (8)
The way to embrace someone drunkenly? (7)
Snooker mad? (5)
Near one’s wits’ end in dark times (6) Wherein to keep horses or a posh car to take the coal round (6) Lord of Bolton? (5)
The doctor admitted being simply overwhelmed (7)
Study merely to adapt to a new situation (8)
Extra medical officer for an army unit (4)
Expected to be pounded in a fight! (4) A girl has to emphasise the suffering (8)
DOWN
Gains weight, nominally (7) But it’s not so sweet when on the wing! (5)
Urge possibly to lie about a politician (5)
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12 Brag absurdly about what to wear? (4) It can protect a wound by covering the end (7)
Peevish about the international competition? (5)
Mythical giant bird, half swan (5) Short picture (5)
In the garage, finish a job that’s not worth keeping (7)
They’re to scale (7) Revealed by a poet out East (5) Payments for judges? (5)
A ring in the nose is a loopy thing! (5) Pleasure for the deputy-head of the store (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
Thrashing (8) Pick out (4) Fix (4) Moralists (8) Closely (7) Silly (5)
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21 Dark periods (6) Horse enclosure (6) Nobleman (5) Swamped (7) Adapt anew (8) Extra (4)
Fight (4)
Deep trouble (8)
DOWN
“_ Churchill” (7) Sugar coating (5) Drive (5)
Attire (4) Adhesive dressing (7) Irascible (5) Superhuman figure (5) Snapshot (5) Rubbish (7) Climbing aids (7) Uncovered (5) Speeds (5) Snare (5)
Pool of cash (4)
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