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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
7. Company upon voucher (6)
8. Sounds like oil country (6)
10. Intrude and note peril again (9)
11. Bolshevik holds the girl (3)
12. Foresaw where quay finished (9)
14. Initially find and taste lard, for example (3)
15. Escaped holding hat (3)
16. Kid at home playing Gilbert and Sullivan operetta (3,6)
18. Part of selfie reveals magical being (3)
20. Where you’d apply pimple cream instantly? (2,3,4)
21. He holds poor lass in trouble (6)
22. Leap back to Los Angeles to enjoy Spanish dish (6)
DOWN
1. Point to frill but economise (6)
2. Spread towards the top and flatter (6,2)
3. To caress again the roughest (8)
4. Release with no charge (4)
5. Investigates credentials of animal doctors (4)
6. Her tea, spilled so warm again (6)
9. Does start moving as tries out new vehicle (4,5)
13. View yard differently with car parked in it (8)
14. Where you’d see a standard run-up? (8)
15. Some mediocre checks in nursery (6)
17. Ban criminal (6)
19. Don’t eat quickly (4)
20. Slow-moving nocturnal birds (4)
SUDOKU
Fill in the blank squares with the numbers 1 to 9 so that each row, each column and each smaller 3x3 block contains all the numbers from 1 to 9.
THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Adjust, alter
4. Star of The Lost City, … Bullock
8. Speak indistinctly
12. Shade of yellow
16. Related to birds
18. Fizziness
19. Chiller appliances
21. Relating to the body’s bony framework
23. Looks for
24. Folded pastry, apple …
26. Correct or improve text for publication
28. Nevertheless, … so
31. Clerical work (abbrev)
32. Long-running computer company (1,1,1)
34. Dined
35. Woodwork joint
36. Lacking animation or interest
37. Mediterranean
