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Crossword No. 16 826

Across: 1 Pudding. 5 Put off. 9 Antenna. 10 Ortolan. 11 Ash. 12 Sensitivity. 13 Xylem. 14 Rectangle. 16 Audacious. 17 Actor. 19 Insuperable. 22 Tom. 23 Chaotic. 24 Tapioca. 26 Venous. 27 Headset.

Down: 1 Phalanx. 2 Dutch elm disease. 3 Inn. 4 Grain. 5 Provinces. 6 Tutsi. 7 Filling stations. 8 Enzyme. 12 Sumac. 14 Roof racks. 15 Amaze. 16 Apiece. 18 Rampant. 20 Patio. 21 Botch. 25 Pea.

Quick No. 17 538

Across: 7 Niece; 8 Evasion; 9 Tripoli; 10 Greed; 12 Arbitrates; 15 Trade union; 18 Romeo; 19 Tremble; 21 Portico; 22 Tutor.

Down: 1 Instructor; 2 Peril; 3 Zero; 4 Gemini; 5 Kangaroo; 6 Liberty; 11 Disappears; 13 Rhetoric; 14 Farmers; 16 Notion; 17 Abate; 20 Eats.

Give or take

– 1 442 1. Ladder. 2. Addle. 3. Lead. 4. Lea. 5. Able. 6. Fable. 7. Baffle.

Sudoku

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