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SOLUTION TOMORROW
QUICK CROSSWORD 8,294
WEDNESDAY’S SOLUTION (No 8,293): ACROSS: 1 Stares. 4 Brass. 7 Protractor.
8 Idle. 9 Sacks. 11 Teaches. 13 Sibling. 15 Sheet. 17 Bite. 18 Determines. 20 Shade.
21 Mopeds. DOWN: 1 Script. 2 Rare. 3 Sutures. 4 Bears. 5 Apt. 6 Sorts. 7 Please.
10 Crisis. 12 Sikhism. 14 Greets. 15 Sides. 16 Three. 17 Beep. 19 Tea.
ACROSS
1 School
principal (4,7)
7 Propel oneself
through water (4)
8 Tells (7)
9 Lubricant (3)
10 Slack (5)
11 Senior nurse (6)
13 Macaw, say (6)
16 Amulet or
talisman (5)
18 Perform in
a play (3)
19 Clothes to
be washed
and ironed (7)
20 Relatively long
time (4)
21 Places to dine (11)
DOWN
1 American
state (6)
2 Little short
of being (6)
3 Maker of
menswear (6)
4 Very bad or
unpleasant (5)
5 Sheltered port (7)
6 Show consideration
for (7)
11 Temporal (7)
12 Carved or
cast figures (7)
13 Person taking part
in a sport (6)
14 Keep hold of (6)
15 Legal possessors (6)
17 TV, newspapers,
etc (5)^9
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7
0
3
0
7
7
5
7
1
4
3
3
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LAWRENCE BOOTH
Wisden Editor at Edgbaston
TURN TO PAGE 87, COL 3
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FEEL THE
NOISE!
Root calls on Edgbaston
crowd to rattle Aussies
after Paine mocks
England’s fortress
ENGLAND captain Joe
Root has dismissed Tim
Paine’s provocative
claim that Edgbaston
does not feature in the
top 15 most intimidat-
ing grounds in cricket.
The Australian captain
threw down the gauntlet to
England fans on the eve of
the Ashes by claiming the
raucous crowd will have no
impact on today’s first Test.
England have lost only one
Test match here since 2001,
while the Hollies Stand is
widely regarded as one of the
rowdiest on the circuit. Three
weeks ago, it roared Eng-
land to a thumping
eight-wicket win over
the Australians in the
World Cup semi-final.
But Paine said he was
unconcerned by Edg-
baston’s reputation as
English cricket’s fortress.
‘England haven’t lost here in
how long? I don’t even know,
I haven’t looked at it and it
doesn’t concern us,’ he said.
‘If we execute our skills,
it doesn’t matter if we’re
THE ASHES
HUSSAIN GILLESPIE
SAMUEL NEWMAN
BOOTH LLOYD
FIRST TEST, DAY ONE
Ready to pounce: Joe Root
practises at Edgbaston
yesterday ACTION IMAGES
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