CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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2 3 4 Appeals for readjustment after pa, upset, has left (5) No big shout by a player? (5) Looked around for things to pop smartly into the shed (7)

Fishy female? (5)

Feel that southeast is around north? (5)

They can be tied at speed (5)

More or less antique silver or gold (7)

He has many a little cough (3)

One islet or eight, we hear (4)

N. American name for tin (6) A rough diamond? Not Di! (5)

Gave a knowing look before being led out (6) English river or a part of Ireland (4)

Sorry to have said I’m out (3)

Tilted violently (7)

He has his own way of working in crime (5)

Take the wrong seat on the left (5)

Apply for the job of president (3,2)

Smooth things over when dismissed at the club (4,3) How I am yours (5)

She hasn’t much money (5)

DOWN

Shouting like this is not exactly lordly (6) Declare to be a sure thing (6)

Chuck’s bashful (3) 5 6

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21 Starts showing love for writers (5)

Winner at the wedding? (4,3)

The days I had ways (4) At midnight, muddled heads get injured (6)

Work at the bakery (5) Is aware of swimmers getting a flying start (5) Discharged for nothing more than a drunken doze (5) A blowout for a seaman, as a rule? (5)

Beaten by one’s friend, a dunderhead! (5)

Mark with two dots (5) Roguery, evidently, is more than evil (7)

Noted flower from a faraway island (6) 22

23 25 26 28 Discerning, unusual taste when out of uniform (6) Quarter of the country (6) Meat can be a drug! (5) Go yachting with Lisa (4) Youngster brought up as an equal (3)