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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Two-directional navigational aid (5) 8 To put at risk on purpose is a sin (8) 9 Exploits that need to be witnessed (5) 10 A desert’s transformation vindicated (8) 11 He goes round a short way in a hurry (5) 12 A little distance behind (3) 16 The French returned many grants (6) 17 Alien apparently out of hearing (6) 18 A well-equipped health centre (3) 23 What a thief may do is a hit (5) 24 Worker I surpass as a matter of course (8) 25 Speak for the whole people (5) 26 See 4 Down 27 Solid figure is put right in front in the afternoon (5)
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2 The morning help is easily won over (8) 3 Without it there would be total ignorance (8) 4 and 26 Across: Explorers will go to extremes to reach them (4,2,3,5) 5 Trainee acted badly (5) 6 An entrance that may impress in the ring (5) 7 Business deal (5) 12 Bottom, for example, of a ship (3) 13 A brew the French accentuate (3) 14 One has a lot of trouble getting into this (3,5) 15 Arguments upset Sid in a way (8) 19 Factories that go to pot (6) 20 Colour that’s a success in two different ways (5) 21 Not flush, but accepted by the social clique (5) 22 No heat, when the heat is really on (5)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Heating apparatus (5) 8 Japan’s highest mountain (8) 9 Wrongly (5) 10 Not to mention (3,5) 11 Bondservant (5) 12 Child’s bed (3) 16 Prefix meaning false (6) 17 Fugitive from justice (6) 18 One circuit of racetrack (3) 23 Sorceress (5) 24 Covetousness (8) 25 Break open suddenly (5) 26 Mountains of south-west Europe (8) 27 Come to an end (5)
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2 Eternal (8) 3 Bay of Naples volcano (8) 4 Dinner jacket (6) 5 Mountain associated with Moses (5) 6 Stuffing for cushions (5) 7 Wary (5) 12 Mountain pass (3) 13 Summit (3) 14 Posture (8) 15 Mountains of south-east Europe (8) 19 Song of loyalty (6) 20 Feel about blindly (5) 21 Burning particle (5) 22 Unseemly outburst (5)