Puzzle extra CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 To shop around for pics (6) Protective clothing or a rum cocktail (6) Current units hidden by lampshade (4) Facing pipes, too convoluted (8) Witty conversation about pear tree (8) Jaunty pixie losing head (4) Endorse a fine company (6) Peninsula of cold region with no leader (6)

Talk softly and catch one’s breath (4)

They open out for a novice priest (8) Monkey starts distributing flavouring (8) Small case kept in perpetuity (4) Hassle Eve inside for cover (6) Senior lecturer is book lover (6)

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2 Translate Flemish pronoun (7)

Girl renovated seats (5) Pointless mark made when playing the game (13) Extreme neatness as made at a patisserie? (5‑3,5) Mother’s wise to get treatment (7) Pronounce complete (5)

Set up trendy venue (2,5)

I turned out to trespass (7)

Use a screen, we hear (5)

Beast, any he damaged (5)

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THE arrows show the direction in which the answer to each clue should be placed.