CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

Infectious disease (7,5) Tool or implement (7) Wild dog (5)

Lightly cooked (4) Spud (6)

Elected leader of a town (5)

Stay in the same place (6)

Betting chances (4) Excessive, unwarranted (5)

21 Abbreviate (7)

22 Sound made by

a telephone (8,4) 6 8 9 10 12 14

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Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror

DOWN

Originated at (4,4) Loud explosion (5) Play for time (5) Go towards (4,3) Intend (4)

German dish (10) Simple and straightforward (2-8) Cooking vessel (3)

Fizzy drink (3) Screen test (8) Avaricious (7) Savoury jelly (5) Soaked with liquid (5)

20 Fall in drops (4) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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