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CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES acRoss 1 Trudge in journeys around a point (7) 5 Important informatio­n may be rather unfair (3-4) 10 Pattern of footsteps to the entrance, we hear (4) 11 Editorial on sulphur by fashionabl­e authority (10) 12 President of a furniture company? (8) 13 Betting on old applicatio­n for other half (6) 14 Honour for being badly lamed (5) 16 Complete a new church, issuing statement (9) 19 Drink to pool developing into another game (5,4) 21 The first companion to agree (5) 23 Spoon sent round with one dangerous substance (6) 25 Cronies worried about a predicted series of events (8) 27 Devastatin­g to omit casual arrangemen­t (10) 28 Heard characters in the river (4) 29 Mention two points to judge (7) 30 Simplicity of putting a city right inside another (7) doWn 2 In Cairo, a charred fish (5) 3 Terribly certain it would be complex (9) 4 Biblical head-hunter disguised as mole (6) 6 Superior prophet has finished first (8) 7 Party is included by college club (5) 8 Playful wife gets greeting and claims to work (9) 9 Somehow get man an attractive object (6) 15 Woman gets pear to change and disappear (9) 17 Tear a slab off a type of mineral (9) 18 Start shooting at room’s period feature (4,4) 20 Instructio­n not to wear so much (6) 22 Ship finds victory in Europe less complicate­d (6) 24 Move up and down like a small fish (5) 26 Sluggish at interchang­e (5)

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