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ACROSS
1. Sprinter’s fast bike (5)
4. Use to perform surgery (7)
9. Lend Rich playful kids (8)
10. Comedy performance is somewhat skittish (4)
11. Anne sketched we hear her brother the prince? (6)
12. I followed Trevor, endless by Roman fountain (5)
13. Lit up European flooring slab (4)
15. Bemoan alternative is a long time (3)
16. Person from Warsaw at top of planet (4)
17. Heard vegetable’s valuable weight (5)
19. And nil turns away from the sea (6)
21. Envoy loses love and displays green-eyed monster (4)
22. Initially right trait in muddle. What a nuisance! (8)
23. Eg, never turn back for retaliation (7)
24. Fraction of canvas shelter by hospital (5)
DOWN
2. As chicken was pale (5)
3. General moves to balloon (7)
5. Pirate (ninety) turns up in US prison (12)
6. Cheerful sounding woman? (5)
7. Six in trial are petty (7)
8. German twirls, spins while competing in a contest of strength (3-9)
14. Perfumed substance to annoy (7)
16. Let pate spread on artist’s tray (7)
18. Poem talks of frost-like ice (5)
20. Nine players with no catch! (5)
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.
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ACROSS
1. Ancient Japanese spy and assassin
4. Mystic, supernatural
8. Short-sleeved garment (1-5)
12. Bangalore’s country
16. Ancient region of Asia Minor
18. Become involved (3,2,2,3,3)
19. Reversal of opinion (6,2,5)
21. Revered, venerated
23. Raring to go
24. Height of the ocean (3,5)
26. Star of The Adam Project, … Reynolds
28. Yemeni port
31. Expressive
