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ACROSS 1 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 8 Roundabout, not to be

acerbic and nasty (5) 9 There’s an atmosphere

to the left of the ear (5) 10 KwaZulu national missing a small particle (5) 12 Chew the cud at

finding old coin (5) 14 Picture Clue 15 Picture Clue

DOWN 1 Picture Clue 2 Tom is erratic, and a

bit of a Scrooge (5) 3 ‘Foodie’ in red

stew (5) 4 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 7 Picture Clue 11 React badly to this

sort of element (5) 13 Belief could be crooked and not OK (5)

6d. Mega-clucking state, if a plan doesn’t come together (2,1,4)

15a. Short creeds written for ‘kindness to crisis’ organisation (3,3,5)

4d. Looks again at the duo, in the bleakest of outlooks (6,5)

1d. Connect a bit, so as to connect a bit! (2,2,7)

14a. Clumsily overlapped, but led out to endorse (7)

7d. Get ready to fight with tons? A tad overstated! (5,2)

1a. Used dim gibe sneakily to get led astray (2,9)

5a. Dons skids upon joining (5,2)