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1 Our planet (5) 6 Restrict (5) 9 Sailors’ cry (5-2) 10 Sacred book of Islam (5) 11 Not late (5) 12 Viper (5) 13 Weariness (7) 15 Permit (3) 17 Stretches (4) 18 Military greeting (6)

19 Nip (5) 20 Slender (6) 22 Encounter (4) 24 Small bit (3) 25 Destructiv­e insects (7) 26 Pry (5) 27 Group of nine (5) 28 Period of darkness (5) 29 Reasons (7) 30 Jeans fabric (5) 31 Kitchen utensil (5)

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2 Waterproof jacket (6) 3 To be precise (4,2) 4 Farmyard bird (3) 5 Escape (5) 6 Spotted feline (7) 7 Lion’s cry (4) 8 Hammer (6) 12 Inspection of accounts (5) 13 Banquet (5) 14 Lukewarm (5)

15 Decoys (5) 16 Canvas shelters (5) 18 Exclusive story (5) 19 Spectre (7) 21 City in Pakistan (6) 22 Stubborn (6) 23 Engraves (6) 25 Reason (5) 26 Type of house (4) 28 Novel (3)

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