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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8. Or turn on a street to cook (5)
9. Trip, tumbles about (7)
10. A canoe I turn over in South Pacific islands (7)
11. Al turns up in pit with braid (5)
12. Rodent bait mixed up as portion (3,6)
14. Ignored part of conjunction (3)
15. Some old sisters initially call for help (3)
16. Ideal trio rewrite newspaper article (9)
19. Right, I get writer that’s mature (5)
21. Closest to listen in nest (7)
23. Distinguished ten go about mine (7)
24. Demonstration is about metal (3-2)

DOWN

1. Our position on limb gets protection (6)
2. Pale test moves colour ranges (8)
3. Send back nuts… crazy! (4)
4. So turn cars from film award (6)
5.Accidentally meet when spotted by bottom (4,4)
6. Swedish group seen from both sides (4)
7. Crossword writer’s breed of dog? (6)
13. Reloaned new type of shrub (8)
14. No, I set test to show some cut of meat (8)
15. Monitor show (6)
17. Ate by pub – it’s only natural (6)
18. Type of prayer around N Italy (6)
20. Swine holds right to be overly moral person (4)
22. Reveal some in the middle too (4)

SUDOKU

Fill in the blank squares with the numbers 1 to 9 so that each row, each column and each smaller 3x3 block contains all the numbers from 1 to 9.

THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Terminator: Dark Fate star, … Hamilton
4. Winter rink sport, ice …
8. Gratify, delight 12. Hoard secretly
16. Artillery discharge
18. Timepiece displayed on a shelf or mantelpiece (8,5)
19. Forger
21. Violent attacks
23. Path taken
24. Moving like a horse
26. French term for ready to wear, … -à-porter
28. Thank You and Here With Me singer
31. Linen-like fabric
32. Seventh letter of

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