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Jumbo crossword / Compiled by Eric Linden / 1580

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Is shooting insurance for the common people an encumbrance? (6,9) I ask about deer (4) Sort of casual without a sporting terrier (5) See Anson’s partner in action on the fringes of a deep valley (6) Delicious apples give colour Argues about arrangements of crops (4) Initially, gundogs feature on the first page in the wee small hours (4) A flock of geese will retch on the glen, endlessly (6) Parked the vessel, tail clipped (6) The loader is after a gun part (6) Where to join fellow gun members for a sandwich? (4)

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