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ACROSS: 1 Visitor. 5 Malady. 9 Chimera. 10 Nicosia. 11 Oak. 12 Complainant. 13 Synod. 14 High-flier. 16 Supervise. 17 Defoe. 19 Beauty sleep. 22 Cue. 23 Art Deco. 24 Replica. 26 Breeze. 27 Yearned.
DOWN: 1 Vicious. 2 Sticking plaster. 3 Tie. 4 Realm. 5 Monologue. 6 Lichi. 7 Dissatisfaction. 8 Matter. 12 Cedar. 14 Hailstone. 15 Fed up. 16 Subway. 18 Emerald. 20 Theme. 21 Early. 25 Pea.
ACROSS
1 Book contains tense story
involving dry gossip (6-6) 8 He delivers drinks in foreign
city, covering kilometres (7) 9 Foolish writer pursues papers
to do with hearing (7) 11 Report active criminal’s
source of income (10) 12 Part of House backed Heath
(4) 14 Top-class carnival impresses
viscount and king (4-4) 16 Administrative body has share of Mozambiquan goods (6) 17 Initially worn in gale, it could
come unstuck (3) 19 Conundrum: what separates
wheat from chaff? (6) 21 In Paris, my old college is
game (8) 24 Guy wanders round lake . .
. (4) 25 . . . following that tree father
cultivated (10) 27 Just time to leave athletic
ground (7) 28 In Peel it is thoroughly superior (7) 29 Engineer disables mini?
That’s unacceptable (12)
DOWN
1 City manservant rises at 4 (3,4) 2 After end of shift Lily seems
distressed constantly (10) 3 Mob rule: erect barrier round
Hackney in odd places (5,3) 4 Modify oil, blending it with
tar (6) 5 Insubstantial incomplete
object (4) 6 Disappoint county following
minor infringement (3,4) 7 Could a little luck earn you
this? (5,7) 10 Deborah and Tracy developed food rich in energy (12) 13 Lumberjack’s position, taking
a gamble? (3,2,1,4) 15 Marines cross international
border (3) 18 People in 14 restaurants
order more guts (8) 20 Swimmer Phil angrily blocks
Spanish gentleman (7) 22 Oil supplier bypasses Utah to
survive (7) 23 Hot stuff imported by French
illicitly (6) 26 Help needed to eat cold tart
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