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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 In boxing, being merciful
outright! ( 8)
5 Six- footer in a rugby jersey ( 4) 8 When the pole breaks, run! ( 4) 9 A nice mess for everybody in
the union ( 8)
10 Mix- ups no good in stories ( 7) 12 Just the dish to gain
favour? ( 5)
13 In effect, one can knock the
next one down ( 6)
15 They’re for putting on ( 6)
17 A Welshman’s name for
port? ( 5)
18 Fish to make you fat? ( 7) 22 Poultry perhaps prematurely
counted ( 8)
23 Continue tediously to use
the same instrument? ( 4) 24 Slip a letter to the boy ( 4) 25 Told what to do, Ted cried
DOWN
1 Raised a hand to an
officer! ( 7)
2 Anglo Saxon writer in the
arboreal field ( 5)
3 I’m on time for the picture ( 5) 4 A club game ( 4)
6 Course possibly taken by
the trainee ( 7)
7 Goodness, what a shame
having to go out East! ( 5) 11 Bruce, the movie ( 5) 12 Trinket, perhaps, especially
interesting to us ( 5)
14 Bird taking one drink! ( 7) 16 Given marks for
tigerishness? ( 7)
17 In sport, they have no
advanced position ( 5) 19 Could earls make light of
it? ( 5)
20 Something written with diplomacy about a redhead ( 5)
21 Little lot the gardener
doesn’t want! ( 4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Boxing practice ( 8) 5 Stinging insect ( 4) 8 Run easily ( 4)
9 Union ( 8)
10 Confused masses ( 7) 12 Spicy dish ( 5)
13 Block used in a game ( 6) 15 Cabbage, etc ( 6) 17 Welsh port ( 5)
18 Cured herring ( 7)
22 Hens ( 8)
23 Plucked instrument ( 4) 24 Slip ( 4)
25 Instructed ( 8)
DOWN 1 Greeted with gesture ( 7) 2 Trembling poplar ( 5) 3 Likeness ( 5)
4 Links game ( 4)
6 Grand National venue ( 7) 7 Virtue ( 5)
11 Mr Henry, TV star ( 5) 12 Collector’s item ( 5) 14 Cocktail ( 7)
16 Like a zebra ( 7) 17 Defensive players ( 5) 19 Kind of light- beam ( 5) 20 Treatise ( 5)
21 Unwanted plant ( 4)