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Across- Road bridging another (8)
- Story (4)
- Search thoroughly (4)
- Adjust (8)
- Denial (13)
- Corrosive liquid (4)
- Robe (4)
- Somersault (4,4,5)
- Engraved design (8)
- Burden (4)
- Chime (4)
- Rousing sympathy (8)
Down - Witchcraft (6)
- Machine-like (7)
- Heart artery (5)
- Drooping (7)
- Offered for rent (2,3)
- Embrocation (6)
- Evolve (7)
- Bicycle manoeuvre (7)
- Spiritual meeting (6)
- Opposite of 11 Across (6)
- Slow speech (5)
- Perch (5)
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across- Leftover bony piece of meat? (5,3)
- Wine container (4)
- Close main line initially(4)
- Old boy returns to fashionable, quiet
sort of shop (8) - Cheeky rebuff? (4,2,3,4)
- Tear away right before the fnish (4)
- Drake’s partner scored no runs (4)
- It is used to clean up a pile – at a
push (6-7) - Faxed Les about linseed (8)
- Too many bad workmen blame it (4)
- Had zealously hidden a 21 Across (4)
- Awfully snooty about Rhode Island
quality of sound (8)
Down - Father takes the girl a Spanish
dish (6) - Repeals order to slip back (7)
- Hood perhaps found in Sherwood
Forest (5) - Hurry into bed, having cleaned
one’s teeth perhaps (7) - Unyielding way provided
flying start (5) - Building a body of Christians (6)
- Acts nervously – said it
herself inside (7) - One who’s always on the make (7)
- Hardly poured? (6)
- Escape, say, going up with racing
expert (3,3) - Selects, we hear, one
eastern fairy (5) - Increase the scope of
many in Vienna, as the
Austrians say (5)
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231897546CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Recipe;
4 Stocky; 9 Placebo; 10 Quota;
11 Reputable; 12 Kit;
13 Counterpane; 18 Mad;
19 Venezuela; 21 Lurid; 22 Rallied;
23 Skyway; 24 Adhere.
Down – 1 Report; 2 Clamp;
3 Preston; 5 Toque; 6 Clock on;
7 Yeasty; 8 Double-entry;
14 Orderly; 15 Puzzled;
16 Smiles; 17 Candle;
19 Vodka; 20 Elite.
QUICK: Across – 1 Sedate;
4 Frozen; 9 Rigidly; 10 Genoa;
11 Classical; 12 Eel;
13 Hammersmith; 18 Cud;
19 Bandwagon; 21 Rabbi;
22 Swizzle; 23 Breeze; 24 Rhodes.
Down – 1 Spruce; 2 Dogma;
3 Tidy sum; 5 Regal; 6 Zaniest;
7 Nearly; 8 Synchronise;
14 Audible; 15 Mawkish;
16 Scarab; 17 Unless;
19 Blitz; 20 Gazed.The^ second-toughest
Sudoku in Britain.44 | BIGISSUE.COM FROM 24 AUGUST 2020ISSUE 1423 ANSWERSpuzzles and quiz.1 9268172 31 6 48 714 5 78 269851 781012161720222131511318491223851316195 6142116 17SUDOKUCROSSWORDQUICKCLUES
Across
1.Roadbridginganother(8)
6.Story(4)
8.Searchthoroughly (4)
9.Adjust(8)
10.Denial(13)
11.Corrosiveliquid(4)
13.Robe(4)
17.Somersault(4,4,5)
20.Engraveddesign (8)
21.Burden(4)
22.Chime(4)
23.Rousing sympathy (8)
Down
2.Witchcraft(6)
3.Machine-like(7)
4.Heartartery(5)
5.Drooping(7)
6.Offeredfor rent(2,3)
7.Embrocation (6)
12.Evolve(7)
14.Bicyclemanoeuvre(7)
15.Spiritualmeeting(6)
16.Oppositeof 11Across (6)
18.Slowspeech(5)
- Perch (5)
CRYPTICCLUES
Across
1.Leftover bonypieceof meat? (5,3)
6.Winecontainer(4)
8.Closemainlineinitially(4)
9.Oldboy returnsto fashionable, quiet
sortof shop (8)
10.Cheekyrebuff? (4,2,3,4)
11.Tear awayrightbeforethe fnish(4)
13.Drake’spartnerscorednoruns(4)
17.Itisusedtocleanupa pile– ata
push (6-7)
20.FaxedLesaboutlinseed(8)
21.Toomanybadworkmenblameit(4)
22.Hadzealously hidden a 21 Across(4)
23.Awfully snooty about Rhode Island
quality of sound (8)
Down
2.Fathertakesthegirla Spanish
dish (6)
3.Repealsordertoslipback(7)
4.Hoodperhapsfoundin Sherwood
Forest(5)
5.Hurryintobed,havingcleaned
one’steethperhaps(7)
6.Unyieldingwayprovided
flyingstart(5)
7.Building a body of Christians (6)
12.Actsnervously– saidit
herselfinside (7)
14.Onewho’salwaysonthemake(7)
15.Hardly poured? (6)
16.Escape,say,goingupwith racing
expert(3,3)
18.Selects,wehear,one
eastern fairy (5)
19.Increasethe scopeof
manyinVienna,asthe
Austrians say (5)892176453
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231897546CRYPTIC:Across– 1 Recipe;
4 Stocky;9 Placebo; 10 Quota;
11Reputable;12Kit;
13 Counterpane; 18 Mad;
19Venezuela;21Lurid;22Rallied;
23Skyway;24Adhere.
Down–1Report;2Clamp;
3 Preston; 5Toque;6Clockon;
7 Yeasty;8 Double-entry;
14 Orderly; 15 Puzzled;
16Smiles;17Candle;
19 Vodka; 20Elite.
QUICK:Across– 1 Sedate;
4 Frozen;9 Rigidly; 10 Genoa;
11Classical;12Eel;
13 Hammersmith; 18 Cud;
19Bandwagon;21Rabbi;
22 Swizzle;23Breeze; 24Rhodes.
Down–1Spruce;2Dogma;
3 Tidysum;5Regal;6Zaniest;
7 Nearly;8 Synchronise;
14 Audible; 15 Mawkish;
16Scarab;17Unless;
19 Blitz; 20 Gazed.The second-toughestSudoku in Britain.