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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 A quotation of loving nature (6) 7 He gets bounty of historic character (8) 8 Savage associate of the tiger? (4) 10 Breaks of service, shall we say? (6) 11 Not much left but to change the title (6) 14 Railway timetable extract (3) 16 Encouragem­ent brought by an American leader? (5) 17 Animals seen around Derwentwat­er (4) 19 She’s duly mimicked (5) 21 Doctrine of equable return (5) 22 Historic group I want to reassemble (5) 23 The measure of a pious testament (4) 26 Emblematic form of motet (5) 28 Its driver may well have the knowledge (3) 29 Have such styles only one vital difference? (6) 30 Some crocodiles, when disturbed, can be harmless (6) 31 Certain fluids can form a skin (4) 32 Projects in which it’s a bit of a job to shake a duster! (8) 33 Injured the limb he’d struck out! (6)

DOWN

1 Followed in the most fussy detail (6) 2 The club for many a crosscount­ry runner (6) 3 Red-headed, possibly shy Welshman (4) 4 If misquoted in a new edict, there’s something lacking (7) 5 Stick to relatively cheap jewellery (5) 6 Does it augment the zoo stock? (5) 8 Crippled due to a terrible meal (4) 9 It’s allowed on court (3) 12 An article? Definitely! (3) 13 No elm can produce fruit! (5) 15 Moony female beset by conflictin­g directions (5) 18 John, on record knightly (5) 19 Being French, I come to the right conclusion about a plane (3) 20 He sits in silence (3) 21 An interrupti­on during the play (4-3) 22 In three ways, he’s like Rob, Mal, Den, Seb, etc. (3) 23 He gets things all wrapped up (6) 24 Winged wader, once worshipped (4) 25 Ultimately, that which surpasses the limits of endurance (3,3) 26 An old house or its style (5) 27 The gardener can rake it fine (5) 28 One in prison for a trick? (3) 30 Nice meal to keep a girl quiet (4)

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