JUMBO CROSSWORD

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(8)

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(5)

Anxious to be involved in (9)

DOWN:a

“Initiate” is just the teeniest bit wrong (5,3)

Doesn’t take the foliage at the back (6,6) Foolishly relied on taking to court when abandoned (8)

Smart clasps, right for pearls (6)

Creature that’s aptly styled “tailless cat” (8)

So called because he whips things? (3,7) Temper in which the tea got sent flying (7)

How surprising! Listed as wealthy (4-6) She has nothing on which to subsist (5) Eager to play a number in it and to entertain (6)

Curious to see what the drink is (3) Is bossy with, when one asks for refreshments (6,6)

If you will change sides, that’s your fault (6)

What the TV repairer does to get them? (4,2,4)

To start with, was given to being generous (4-6)

Strike up, as usual (3)

They’re just what we needed, heaven knows! (8)

About time to write it, saying “Sorry” Sat and drank from mugs (8)

The surviving child is not forgotten (5,2) To “a missing senorita turned up” (5) Opportunity for the child to break the cane (6)

DOWN: 1 3

Germs (8) Yeast substitute (6,6) Aerobatic manoeuvre (8) Hot spring (6) Killer (8) Musical instrument (10) Jumper and cardigan (7) Torture device (10) Hackneyed (5) Mean (6) Plaything (3)

RAF officer (3,9) Antenna (6) Easy alternative (4,6) Versatile cricketer (3-7) Pigpen (3) Nosy parker (8) Fluctuate (8) By hand (8) Aroused (7) Group of nine

Threat (6)

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