CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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1 2 Hardly hard currency! (5) Bad ignition (5) Enthusiast who gets nothing right (5)

Mark is very good at finishing them (3)

With light on, it looks silky (5)

Give up a random ride round a resort (7)

A club we had at some stage (5)

Past taking a turn (3)

Is the back of it over there in bed? (6)

Worried about Fred being out of a noted race (7) Leer at nothing but an exceptional leg (4)

Just me again (4)

It’s a load of rubbish, one gathers (7)

Deserter held by U.S. soldiery without charge (6) Lord of the courts (3) Where guests can get a change of clothes inside (5) One highly regarded, if only half heavenly (7) Various means of identification (5)

Was returned as ensured (3) Nose broken? Not so! (5) Has he a jolly grin? (5) Bottle never broken (5)

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17 19 Shone like gold we refined (6)

It jingles with money, sweetness (5)

What a sovereign has to do (5)

She’s relatively diminutive (3)

Being wild, there’s nothing to separate us from an unruly trio (7)

It’s great if you’re old enough (3)

So experienced, he’s mostly beyond getting ruffled (5) They’re marginal (5) Ladybirds, say, or bees let loose (7) 20 21

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30 32 33 Such luck makes things difficult for golfers (5)

But the angler wants to see it sink! (5)

Had he a square garden? (7) Pupils do it in the dark (6) It’s the word for “silent” (3) Drinks for all in turn (5) Possibly less than one in ten stuck in a joint (5)

By a bully? (5) Undervalued fuel? (4) A crack in the ceiling again (3)