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    THE PUZZLER

    Feb 20, 2020 3 minutes

    CROSSWORD 243 by Axe

    CRYPTIC ACROSS

    7 Central Asian capital is invested in enthusiast anarchy (6)8 Arrived at twelve, with number short, east of the river land (8)9 Dressing up smart casual (change to last month going out!) in old Ujung Padang (8)10 Died going to free Scottish town (6)11 Country after France’s evil years in the Orient (8)12 Germany’s quiet withdrawal from a former target (6)13 Did they just potter about during miserly patriarch’s occupation? (4,7)18 Port in20 Desert at that time’s switch to leguminous-type crop when food’s short (3,5)22 Pub argument reaches a settlement in Cumbria (6)23 Perhaps retain Ur in describing this ancient pre-Roman culture (8)24 Poor ref ‘tripped over’ (a figure of speech) a place in the Bahamas (8)25 Uncle Sam earlier gets pronouncedly attached to the Greek mountains (6)

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