The Star Early Edition

Double Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Equine hybrid that's barred for pedestrian­s? (5,8) 10 Caledonian with a first course (5) 11 A lot of players averse to archers (9) 12 Fish in storm drains with oriental (7) 13 Dispatchin­g squadron leader with resolution (7) 14 Domesticat­ed relative of a seabird (6) 15 Flighty battle between two boxers? (8) 18 Mess about and put a bomb under plant (8) 20 Rush one's life work (6) 23 Be held back in boring vice (7) 25 Sounded out fruit plot (7) 27 Brutally do Mrs in with coiner of phrases (9) 28 Wader rues getting stripped (5) 29. Sort of deer standing in clearing (13)

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2 Bar admitted final section of lawyer's citation (7) 3 Litres are wasted by the shops (9) 4 Nick was more collected (6) 5 Cocoa is drunk on ultimately thin grounds (8) 6 Second point of the compass in layer of polish (5) 7 Sod all wobbly in thong (7) 8 Not even mean rust does any damage (4) 9 Amusement, by and by, smothered disgusted expression (8) 14 Rain on hide and feathers (4,4) 16 Windy apartment you took on loan, we hear (9) 17 Reportedly crucial squad for landing place (8) 19 Put on a pedestal, keeping statue's head on the other side (7) 21 No missing out on boomerang thrown at blockage (7) 22 Result of being out of bed and exhausted (6) 24 Sorted out a loss of a catcher (5) 26 Palm may show its age (4)

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