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Across 8 Salad plant (6) 9 Cutlery item (8) 10 Formal union (8) 11 Unmarried (6) 12 Pouring tube (5) 13 Cricket fielder (4) 14 Palm tree product (4) 16 Maintain equilibrium (7) 18 Theatre seating area (7) 20 Cavity (4) 21 Metal fastener (4) 22 Warehouse (5) 25 Haphazard (6) 27 Adolescent (8) 28 In the open air (8) 29 Chemical element (6)

Down 1 Semisolid lump (6) 2 Well-constructed (10) 3 African antelope (5) 4 Shakespeare play (7) 5 Pouched mammal (9) 6 Biased emphasis (4) 7 Cosmetics ingredient (8) 14 Enclosed writing desk (10) 15 Financial specialist (9) 17 Very attractive (8) 19 Clarity of speaking (7) 23 US state (6) 24 Bird’s resting place (5) 26 Small, pointed missile (4)

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