Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)
JUMBO CROSSWORD
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Perfect specimen (9) Hostage (8) Border on (4) Daze (6)
Pilot's compartment (7)
Interfering (9) Punctuation mark (9) Infantile (7)
Nocturnal animal (6)
Abominable snowman (4)
Implied (8)
Borrowing charge (8)
Beams (4)
Go on board (6)
Laid-back (7)
Host (9)
Training manoeuvres (9)
Lockjaw (7)
Dismays (6)
Young sheep (4)
Of the brain or intellect (8) Unanimity (9)
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Underground cemetery (8) Nape (6) Canine (8) Entices (6) Informed (8) Evade (10) Cook up (7) Distant friend (3,3)
Tool (7) Cold (6) Uneven (5)
Wager (3)
English county (5)
Romp (6)
Mandatory (10)
Annoy (3)
Advance (7)
Tractable (8)
White wine (8)
Undeceive (8)
Trailblazer (7)
Suds (6)
Anticipate (6)
Not dense (6) 37 33 31 26
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CRYPTIC CLUES
It's rolled perfectly let's have no arguments! (5,4) Making contact with, for the purpose of getting money from? Make a mark when you pinch (4)
In their struggle to capture victory, few do well
About local food and foreign (7)
"Remaining coherent to the last" is too difficult a clue
What's it for? Heavens to grind, dear, in curries! (9)
A gnat buzzing round everybody and showing no fear Regardless, whatever route you take (6)
You find being in the stand hard (4)
In the descent, he's ahead of you (8)
Intensify the colour of the globe an unusual blue
For the cards, they're real experts (4)
Prepared to be fired for being drunk (6)
The stuff the terribly fat fellow ate! Weird! (7)
On paper, wouldn't you agree, is unqualified?
Managing, when writing the cheque (6,3)
Think it will bounce back (7)
The plump fish next to (6)
Quit the side (4)
Provide an excuse? Of course. Only too happy!
Was not the first to have made good (9)
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Sparse. Expect. Lather. Pioneer. Disabuse.
Riesling. Amenable. Promote. Irk. Compulsory.
Frolic. Essex. Bet. Bumpy. Chilly. Utensil. pal. Pen Concoct. Circumvent. Apprised. Tempts. Eyetooth.
Scruff. Catacomb.
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(8)
Consensus. Cerebral. Lamb. Appals. Tetanus.
Exercises. Multitude. Relaxed. Embark. Rays.
Interest. Implicit. Yeti. Badger. Babyish. Semicolon.
Officious. Cockpit. Stupor. Abut. Prisoner. Archetype. 34 28 21
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Hoping to be elected to get kudos (8)
To carry a number of passengers, they¹re ludicrous
Given a start, I had come ninth in it (8)
Find mine won't work (6)
Tending to expand for a while a year
Propose that you make it earlier (3,7)
Feature a comedian after the talk (7)
Open, or not drawn (6)
Dish he's ordering (7)
Heavy and large, having a need to exercise
Open up to reveal a weapon (5)
Look dry (3)
Be forced to accept the number will decrease drastically How it will take a breath before diving? (6)
Despite the fact that the salesman didn't act hastily
Free trip, almost (3)
Drifts back, flushed, into "The Flying Swan"
No longer engaged to, is indifferent (8)
Say you didn't mean it, when you regain possession It informs you how much of a rise you got (8)
Near as possible to the left side (7)
Talk vaguely about providing food (6)
Said the animal is no fool! (6)
Drove mad? Love, you exaggerate!
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15 14 12 10 9 Across: CRYPTIC: SOLUTIONS TODAY’S