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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
Insect found by the queen mum (6) European gloss (6)
Slope used by royal and a politician (4) See bully somehow getting centre of target (5-3)
Boring man with debts (7)
Writing instrument taken from place of confinement (3) White-skinned person finding a pound in ring (6)
Man having collapsed with cry of pain (6) Day before event for woman (3) Cold, he’s embraced by friend with broad knife (7)
Sole rostrum (8)
It’s left by one politician with lame walk (4) Ann, coy, off to find ravine (6)
Risk making head of department rage (6)
DOWN
Orange preserve giving male member, a boy, energy (9)
Schedule produced by man with Eastern piece of furniture (9) Jewish religious leader with tailless animal (5)
For Paul, I cooked rice dish (5)
Whip left with burnt residue (4)
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Pen for pigs – the French sort (5)
I’m after man supplying jeans fabric (5) Head of school, married, with Eastern vegetable (5)
Lifer in GP’s novel, stealing (9) Publication peer pawns unexpectedly (9) Verse, bad, initially attacking country residence (5)
Oak fruit found with a grain (5) Damp smell I’d discovered (5) Continue to use second Scottish river (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
Mum (6)
Shine (6)
Slope (4)
Centre of target (5-3) Monotonous (7)
Writing instrument (3)
Person with abnormally white skin (6) Chap (6)
16 The first woman (3)
18 Broad heavy knife (7)
22 Raised floor (8)
23 Walk lamely (4)
24 Deep gorge (6)
25 Peril (6)
DOWN
1 Citrus fruit preserve (9)
2 Schedule (9)
3 Jewish religious leader (5)
4 Rice dish (5)
5 Whip (4)
6 Fashion (5)
10 Jeans fabric (5)
11 Scandinavian (5)
12 Stealing (9)
13 Tabloid (9)
17 Country residence (5)
19 Oak fruit (5)
20 Muggy (5)
21 Remain (4)
Two sets of clues but the answers are the same ANSWERS TOMORROW
Kim has an emotional week. Determined to prove herself, she agrees to look after Millie when Andrea asks her to babysit. However, Kim quickly realises she’s not up to the task and things take a turn for the worse when she collapses and wakes to find Millie in the throes of an allergic reaction. Jamie is shocked when he comes home.
Meanwhile, Gabby and Jamie attend a scan. She feels hopeful when Jamie seems emotional, but is left unsettled after Kim refers to the scan picture as“my baby”. However, Jamie is still trying to work things out with Dawn and furious Kim gives him a piece of her mind.
Elsewhere, Nicola attempts to trick Jimmy into signing over half the business to Charity. At the scrapyard, Charity tells Mack she’ll be in charge in future, which makes Aaron suspicious and when Jimmy confronts her, he’s told to talk to Nicola. Back at home, matters between Jimmy and Nicola reach breaking point, and things are only exacerbated when Juliette walks in.
Sharon wants to contact Leanne and Nick and sets up a plan to find them. She starts with Peter and arranges a secret meeting for Sam and Nick.
Meanwhile, Peter is in for a shock when Carla turns up in lingerie. Steve walks in on the pair having sex and Peter gets a call from his transplant coordinator as they hurry to get dressed – they have a liver for him.
Things get messy at the hideout when Simon hears Leanne and Nick talking about his dad’s transplant. Simon breaks cover and heads to the hospital, shocking Peter and Carla
Nancy visits Sharon in the hope of getting a job at the gym. Sharon refuses, but Zack tells Nancy he’ll have a word with his half-sister.
Linda is delighted her daughter is back and the pair plan a picnic for Shirley.
As they set to work,
Linda overhears Nancy talking to Tamwar and wonders whether he’ll be making a surprise entrance. But she and Mick are baffled when Zack tells them Nancy has landed a job at the gym. and leaving Leanne worried that Harvey’s mob might have got to him. Elsewhere, Chesney persuades his sister Fiz to let Tyrone see the girls. Tyrone gently explains the situation to Hope and Ruby and takes them out for tea. When Alina shows up, Hope invites her to join them. As Tyrone watches the girls bond with his partner, Fiz opens up to Maria about her fear that her daughters will choose Alina over her.
Also this week,Todd has to fight to keep his job at the undertakers and Dev drives a wedge between him and Asha.
Honey asks Billy to take Janet to her photoshoot, where he hits it off with his daughter’s agent, Estelle, who asks Honey if she can date him. However, when Honey hears how much the other kids earn, she realises the figures don’t add up and confronts Estelle, demanding to know if Janet is earning less. Elsewhere, Mitch tells Karen they can’t afford to pay for Bailey’s camp. Karen wonders whether Bailey is better off fending for herself, unaware she’s overheard the exchange.
Mackenzie finds it difficult to come to a decision about her pregnancy, and waits for a sign. After attending her scheduled abortion appointment, she suffers severe pain and is rushed to hospital in a critical condition.