TWO-WAY TEASER
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6 CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
Transfer keys with regalia (8) Uncovered a painting (4) Band upset priest (6)
We ran off with second reply (6) Summons comedian right inside (4)
Glass container to examine underground (4,4) Worked in the theatre (8) Unusual not to be well done (4) Caretaker’s beer (6) Connection to a game (6) Players of astute ambition (4) Lively as a cartoon (8)
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Improved as a gambler (6) Church with one clergyman (8) Mistake to swap allegiance (6) Avoid an operation (6)
The responsibility we bear (4) Braved rewriting a certain word (6)
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18 Extreme conductor (8) Decent support given to queen (6)
The rat posed a menace (6) Brides scattering rubbish (6) Shabby sort of dagger (6) Contemporary with part-timer (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS Consignment (8) Naked (4)
Line (6) Response (6)
Legal document (4) Laboratory equipment (4,4) Functioned (8) Seldom seen (4)
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DOWN Superior (6) Senior politician (8) Flaw (6)
Ring road (6) Burden (4)
Part of speech (6) Fatal (8) Rightful (6) Warning (6) Rubble (6) Tattered (6) Office worker (4)
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