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THE PUZZLER

CROSSWORD 238 by Axe

CRYPTIC ACROSS

5 Red man that’s a descendant of slaves? (6)7 11 city’s claim to embrace half a dozen Western Australians (3,5)9 Pacific islands’ warlike state (8)10 Disputed part of Ethiopia’s regressive earlier study (6)11 Region of the Western Hemisphere has, alternatively, a rain climate (5,7)13 Middle-eastern power, Turkish originally, invaded part of Austria (6)15 Country where marginal tin is extracted at random for S Africa (6)18 Gouda Pauline21 Girl and boy are brought back to early Jewish stronghold (6)22 Parts of 11 like a strong woman to lead (8)23 Resort to 11 before Arab state is contracted (8)24 Little in weight, has a heroin cargo to land in Antarctica (6)

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