Straight Clues COMBO SOLUTION NO. 5083

ACROSS

1 Pointless acts

7 A timber

8 Slaps

10 Given temporarily 11 Rotten

13 Quibble

16 Hidden 18 Measure out

ACROSS

20 Levelled 21 Move aimlessly 22 Type of t

elescope DOWN

2 Longfor

3 Small animal 4 With little hope 5 Still

Had scare making ridiculous pretences

7 Take off a large tree

8 Moves quickly in strikes 10 Insolently retaining when was given as a loan

Turn dirt up when it’s foul Speak evasively about CIA trap ever being reset

Unknown secretary loses a line Limiting mark shown in the perimeter

20 The day before young man levelled up

Move aimlessly from open ground

Look at a container with some type of telescope

DOWN

2 Have expectation to go on

one leg to the finish

3 Hurry at last for the smallest one 4 At speed rely on movement as

a last resort

5 Sat round as nervous fit

followed still

6 The wise men seen in

imagination 1 11 13

16 18 21 22 8 Poles replaced on singular

hillsides

9 Vigilantes pool money 12 Edited new system when tried to lose weight

Shows differences over vintage first star sign

Became newsworthy with the final word

Goes off to display one’s personal conceits

Lame attempt to provide food Spreads grass to dry in elongated strips 14 15 17

18 19

Combo Cross No. 5084 6 Wise men 8 Slants

9 Pool money 12 Ate carefully 14 Changes

15 Final word 17 Conceits

18 Food taken 19 Makes hay

T REASONED MASH B R W X Y NEEDED BISTRO SIRE I H R V P COMMEMORATE A O A O N ROOT LOADED BONSAI R D

Z A T EPIC BETRAYED T