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ACROSS 1 Dappled (7) 5 Stately grand display (4) 8 On many occasions (5) 9 Wide pasta strips (7) 11 Small slip of paper (4) 12 Unit of an organisation (8) 15 Brown or rainbow fish (5) 16 Push roughly (5) 19 Charlton ___, soccer club (8) 21 Leg joint (4) 23 Pupil (7) 25 Bird’s perch (5) 26 Pip from which a new plant grows (4) 27 Reflecting road stud (4-3)

DOWN 2 Elder (9) 3 Minuscule (4) 4 Elongated cream cake (6) 5 Small green vegetable (3) 6 Chutney fruit (5) 7 Portable electric lamp (5) 10 Forge (6) 13 Catalogue (9) 14 Serving dish for soup (6) 17 Mountain range (6) 18 Weighty, bulky (5) 20 Recurring melody (5) 22 Family insignia (4) 24 Angler’s pole (3) For all yesterday’s puzzle solutions please see opposite page. For today’s crossword solutions call: 09010 300 013 Calls should cost no more than 26p. Calls from mobiles may cost more.