QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Attic (6) 4 Garden of England (4) 7 Corrosive substance (4) 8 Trauma (6) 9 Alcoholic drink (4) 10 Neglect (4) 12 Skin complaint (4)

14 Strange (3)

16 Common word (3) 17 Post (4)

20 Animal fat (4)

23 Vegetables (4) 24 Sore (6)

25 Just (4)

26 Raced (4)

27 Begrudge (6)

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1 Spectre (5) 2 Impolite (4) 3 Claw (5) 4 Flightless bird (4) 5 Newspaper boss (6)

6 Fad (5) 11 Repast (4) 13 Deal successfully (4) 15 Type of seed (6) 16 Spanish dishes (5) 18 Freshwater mammal (5)

19 Original (5)

21 Second-hand (4) 22 Unoccupied (4)