CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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In a picnic, rum best taken with a bit of bread (5)

The occident is in the orient where port is concerned (4) Part of a printed note will stop it flowing (4)

North and South may get together in business (8) Went to it and mended it (8)

Appear to understand the beginning of mystery (4) Cox and stroke, say, may be in trouble together (2,3,4,4) Invites return of sex appeal when kiss is out (4) Hasn’t the least idea if it’s the farthest away (8)

We are endlessly following the infantry in ‘Boots’ (8)

It is golden, but it sounds like one’s sense of shame (4) Open-handed blow may be a setback for one’s friends (4) Deal with a round one doesn’t pay for (5)

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Wager you and I get directions with something either side (7) Bridge this projection first at university (3)

This is the House of Lords, a capital case (5)

Re-do entry in crowd that rises through ennui (7) Be successful with independent nations’ leaders (3) Senor translated into Scandinavian (5)

Is painfully aware of angina chest shows (5)

It’s hardly afoot, but takes an age for industrial damage (5) Too much sea-foam on the beach to tie up (7) Pardon naval rating who can provide the answer (7) Bobbin one cuts up has nothing in it (5)

Blend in with part submerged (5)

A bit of a knock may give rise to a flow (3)

Haul it up the food canal (3)