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n TEXTS and calls cost 50p plus standard network charges. One winner chosen from all correct entries received between 00.01 today and 23.59 this Sunday. UK residents aged 18+ excl NI. Full terms apply, see Page 64. 6 ____ Mustard, character in

the board game Cluedo (7) 7 To install pipes in a building

for carrying water (5) 9 A piece in chess that

resembles a castle (4) 10 A criminal (10) 11 A thoroughfare in New York

City noted for its theatres (8) 13 Relating to wolves (6) 15 English city where Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot conspirator, was born in 1570 (4) 17 Edouard ____ , Swiss watchmaker who founded a watch company in 1860 (5) 18 ____ Burns, left-handed opening batsman who made his Test debut for England in 2018 (4) 19 A harsh settlement forced on a defeated country or powerless opponent (6) 20 Very sharp bends in a road where the road turns back in the opposite direction (8) 23 A type of shark that derives its name from its flattened and laterally extended front (10) 26 A feeling of discontent at the good fortune or qualities of others (4) 27 Tlaloc was the god of

rain in this mythology (5) 28 Anne of ____ , wife of James I of England and one of the targets of the Gunpowder Plot (7)

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1 A thick, sleeveless garment worn by soldiers and police officers to protect against bullets (4,6) 2 Hyacinth Bucket’s brotherin-law played by Geoffrey Hughes in the TV sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (6) 3 Joe ____ , a U.S. term for an ordinary man equivalent to Joe Bloggs in the UK (4) 4 A type of hand-held firework that burns slowly while emitting coloured flames (8) 5 Caribbean island whose highest point is Pico Turquino (4) 6 Part of a church in front of the altar, often separated from the nave by a rail or screen (5) 8 Rory ____ , Scottish comedian born in 1961 noted for his political impersonations and satirical edge (7) 12 Anthem for Doomed ____ , poem by British war poet Wilfred Owen published in 1920 (5) 14 An auxiliary device that can be attached to a computer (10) 16 Japanese island placed under U.S. rule after World War II and returned to Japan in 1972 (7) 17 A feat for which a footballer

traditionally keeps the match ball (3,5) 21 A black, shiny, crystalline solid that is found in many types of seaweed (6) 22 ____ Djokovic, Serbian tennis player who won his 20th Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon in 2021 (5) 24 A slang term for a dog,

especially a mongrel (4) 25 A whirlpool (4)

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