CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
No. 16,044
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WIN £500 ACROSS
6 What good salesman earns in embassy (4,10) 9 Someone begging for each fish hauled in (6) 10 Navigating dead ends was discouraging (8) 11 What badger does beside entrance to sett, having no home (8) 13 A GP with independent newspaper, 11? (6) 15 Scrub causing obstruction in river (6) 17 Guardian initially shone light on church problem (6) 19 Serious single bloke losing heart (6) 20 Support big barrel on ship (8) 22 Drink one to limit bone disease (8) 24 Doctor in car’s a character in Athens (6) 26 They carry wounded supporter of chair person (9,5)
DOWN
1 Hood frees worst off here (7,7) 2 Unprepossessing sort of fruit, by the sound of it (4) 3 By leaving, you make yourself this hard to find (6) 4 Inside barrier, find rotten apple perhaps (8) 5 Part of Hebrides maybe is briefly rented (4) 7 Is America blocking Middle East’s unfair treatment? (6) 8 Does he often say that needs fixing soon? (3,2,5,4) 12 What señorita displays until decorum covers it (5) 14 It goes round in both directions (5) 16 10 refuse to admit preserving Catholic disposition (8) 18 Require help (6) 21 University student brought in hints for flowers (6) 23 Nine grab live goat (4) 25 Mozart’s first zoo book (4)
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