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03 September 2021

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Across 1 Best part of a collection of horse nails (5,5)6 The money’s right as well (4)10 Unfortunately the lady’s upset (5)11 No good at all for use in a riot (9)12 You do what you like with it (4,4)13 The very bottom of a broken drain (5)15 Variety of red rose seen in church (7)17 Record-holders (7)19 Demands its sins be found out (7)21 The case of the diplomat’s aide (7)22 Fall into part of the main current (5)24 A bit over-developed and not at all successful (8)27 Found to be less habit-forming (9)28 There may be a few (5)29 Young leader in wild set makes painful sight (4)30 Break away from the craft (5,5)

Down1 Girl in glasses (4)2 Military command to requisition weapons (5,4)3 Pen has the French way of writing (5)4 They take the blow and shake in panic (7)5 Lots may be held in them (7)7 Audibly permitted (5)8 Sweets I’d served up in a grievous condition (10)9 A wing consisting of ten parts (8)14 First race I organise for craftsmen (10)16 Give an account of French writer (8)18 Eve’s vicar is upset when the order’s changed (4,5)20 Servile as East Europeans? (7)21 One more metamorphosis on earth (7)23 She’s out in a yacht (5)25 Everything unqualified (5)26 Present her with a key (4)

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Cryptic Solution 16713

Across: 1 Ordeals, 5 Elbow, 8 Sugar beet, 9 Rod, 10 Trap, 12 Adhesion, 14 Regain, 15 Strand, 17 Sunshade, 18 Pets, 21 Ski, 22 Cigarette, 24 Sharp, 25 Overall.

Down: 1 Onset, 2 Dog, 3 Airs, 4 Steady, 5 Entreaty, 6 Barricade, 7 Widened, 11 Argentina, 13 Nightcap, 14 Resists, 16 Adagio, 19 Swell, 20 Free, 23 Tea.

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Across 1 Likely to happen (2,3,5)6 Dressed (4)10 Come up (5)11 Unrivalled (9)12 Object of abhorrence (8)13 A liquid solvent (5)15 Foreboding evil (7)17 Inconvenience (7)19 Reinforce (7)21 Smallest possible (7)22 Void (5)24 Without identity (8)27 Heedful (9)28 To abandon (5)29 Be acquainted with (4)30 Out of a difficulty (2,3,5)

Down1 Approval (4)2 Happening every three years (9)3 Choose (5)4 Lacking a purpose (7)5 Take away (7)7 Bloodsucking worm (5)8 On merit (10)9 Fit into tight space (8)14 Ambiguous, deceptive words (6-4)16 Peripheral (8)18 In error (2,7)20 Brutal violent person (7)21 Shakespeare tragedy (7)23 Paved area by a house (5)25 A light purple (5)26 Tolerate (4)

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10-Minute Solution 16713

Across: 1 Tetanus, 5 Cower, 8 With a will, 9 Rip, 10 Rage,12 Stand out, 14 Profit, 15 Regard, 17 Alsatian, 18 Stag, 21 Run, 22 Guarantee, 24 Erect, 25 Surfeit.

Down: 1 Tower, 2 Tot, 3 Neat, 4 Shifty, 5 Colander, 6 Work of art, 7 Reputed, 11 Good sense, 13 Sit tight, 14 Prairie, 16 Casals, 19 Great, 20 Fair, 23 Tie.

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