JUMBO CROSSWORD

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Green vegetable (7)

Job candidates (10)

Non-attendance (7)

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Check and correct (4)

Be of importance (6)

Parking offence notification (6)

As a rule (7) Grow less (7) Thwart or spoil the plans of another (5,8,5) Bypass (6) Kidnapper’s demand (6)

Off (9)

And so forth (8) Rough (6) Plume (7) Gambling game

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Refrains from harming (6)

Smallest of litter

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Artificial (5) Chart (3) Rendezvous (5) Curtains (6) Divide (5) Domestic fuel

Greenfly (5) Unclad (4) Soak up (6) Arouse the curiosity of (8)

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Move out of (6) Widespread disease outbreak (8)

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Warship (9) Peckish (6) Bravery in battle

Make a tremendous effort (4,3,3,3,5) Go before (7) Obsequious (7) Grating (6) Feed box (6) Equitable (4) In the midst of

Genealogical chart (6,4)

Scottish emblem

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Tempo (5) Cause to begin (8) Warmed up (6) Old-fashioned (10)

Pulp of vegetables or fruit (5)

Intervening time (7)

Weight dropped from boat (6) Topic (5)

Popular book (4-6)

Study (7) Cotton cloth (6) Alteration (10) Particular skill

Drawing (7) Interchanged (7) Ridiculous (6) Lookout (6) Irritating inconvenience (6)

Japanese hostess (6)

About (5)

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Defrost (4)

Leap (4)

Card game (4) Attractiveness (6) Make airtight (4) Former US president (6) Thick adhesive liquid (5) Theatre doctor (7) Tarry (6)

Main street (anag)(10)

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Retches (4) Refuge (7) Highlander’s garment

Argue (6)

Vertical grating at castle gateway (10)

Scientific instrument (10)

Gemstone (5)

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Predict (8)

Pep up (7) Stockings, socks (7) Relic repository (6) Hot pod (6) Cask tap (6) Grub (5) Exterior (5) Uncanny (5)