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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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1 Braved making alteration to part of speech (6) Confusion no good in story (6)

Jog along, right into infant (4) Hurdle to be a colt’s downfall (8) Wild yarn put about secretly (8)

A wager to assist in a crime, perhaps (4) Hear a group of notes for each attendant (6) Stocks of flocks, say (6) Applaud at start of closing circuit (4) Malta’s in trouble with lucky charm (8) Curse three articles by mother (8) Chester’s river – soft but not shallow (4) Overcast? – Don’t start, if not (6) Belief is held by those people (6)

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2 Madden in louder anger (7)

More offered by non‑speaking actor (5) Initiate monks as sworn relatives? (5,8) They lost at sea, lost to put it mildly (2,3,3,5) Once more retiring artist falls (7) Unwell in the French town (5)

PM outside gym with European chemist’s tube (7)

Fabric sellers spread out round river (7) Lenin wrapped in shroud, perhaps (5) Plant on southern border (5)

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