CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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31 2 3 Goes gaily on excursions (5) Police jobs for a right fine detective sergeant? (5) Beat by a head for a place (7)

It would be fishy to call this some species of rodent! (5) Food for mice around central Greenford (5)

Hair net soon produced by hundreds (5) Obviously you can play around, managing nil (7) Objection to endlessly returning by tube (3) He’s on the road with a group (4)

Look outwardly the same dancer! (6)

There’s little in a dismal life (5)

An even chance to bring back the cat (4-2) Possibly gold stud? (4) It may be dug up for less than no reason (3) Whip a spy out in sensational style! (7)

Upset enough to cause a split? (5)

Speed means nothing to a casual worker (5)

Gave one’s views about being taken for a ride (5) Item arranged for recital (7) Chat up a Romeo in the lift, perhaps (5)

Busy terminuses contain this (2,3)

DOWN

A little wave is not much applause (6) Phlegmatic Port of London 4

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19 police? (6)

Group in the latest uprising (3)

It’s hard, being broke (5) The shifting of a person to Rome, possibly (7) When it’s dried up, you get one free (4) Maxim’s girl contrives to cut a great figure! (6)

Fall in messy lumps (5) To hop around making a picture (5)

Cropped up like a repeatedly quoted bloomer (5) Added responsibility for Britain’s leader (5)

Apt to be trying (5) Spent the night copying a log? (5)

As a stiffener, drink something