CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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5 Fool around for a quarter hour in the bathroom (6) Conventional piece of work, a book about the North (8) Henry left the building (4) In the position to plead wildly, keeping a cool head (6)

With hearty Jethroe, I have to do well (6)

It doesn’t quite rate being petted (3)

Heavy reading (5) Finds the total for the drinks (4)

Will Halley’s arrive on Tuesday? (5)

Stormed, to Edgar’s distress (5)

There’s risk for the raw beginner in making a pile (5) Dad’s mid-century history (4) Accommodatingly provide with meals (5)

A fair WPC? (3) Awaiting delivery (6)

A form of protection, that’s clear (6)

The beast would seem to claim to be ten (4) Hybridising a zebra with a pelican? (8) Smooth stuff (6)

DOWN

Flabby and a bit wet, it clings to a rock (6) Squabble, reversing a car in furious extremities (6) Keep below decks (4) The opposite of wronged? (7)

Nominally a large figure (5)