Harefield Gazette

Cryptic Crossword

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ACROSS

1. Rolls or Bentley, automobile pleasing some leaders (4) 3. Rip Leanne off all year (9) 9. Old works? I made a mistake! (4) 10. Recreation­al area’s chilly – you might catch this (6,4) 12. Musical merry-go-round (8) 13. Epic piece finally accepted by new choir (6) 14. Hierarchic­al system for running a railway? (4,10) 18. What I resolved is to have retributio­n in a thorough way (4,1,9) 20. Giving out gold in Split (6) 22. Compliment is not rare (4,4) 24. Dean buys odd street clothes, the finest (6,4) 25. Add ring for wrestling (4) 26. Shows respect around goal for full backs (9) 27. After study, time to make an impression (4)

DOWN

1. Clasp will open, we hear (6) 2. Andy Warhol perhaps, a rock star? (3,6) 4. Acquit one deserter, having drowned in river (9) 5. She has something of a strange smell (4) 6. First nurses placed in troubled Lebanon were irreplacea­ble (3-9) 7. From the beginning, almost too proud for love (2,3) 8. Final allowance owing to Tom inside school (7) 11. Pension off terrific woman with union leader at end of June (12) 15. One attacks with abnormal gross rage (9) 16. It can be included with a letter for a pound (9) 17. Start to wash dishes, surprising European (7) 19. Exile from France to Dover, say (6) 21. Dash forward and dive, losing head (5) 23. A British editor retired (4)

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