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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. This treatment is sure to give you the needle! (11)
8.
Light meals of nuts, initially, put in sacks (6)
9.
Young woman that’s sometimes bowled over? (6)
10.
Stab returning flying mammals (4)
11.
To the letter, its sounds like a shoreline (8)
12.
Sportspeople see terrible kisser (6)
14.
Travel past passer-by without queen (4,2)
15.
Night ref moved by scare (8)
17.
Brave boy leading aged (4)
18.
Cry of discovery from stockade? (6)
19.
Warns of heartless rat in ales (6)
20.
Similar person puts part on serving area (11)

DOWN

2. Can lose deliberately? Rouse badly when grumpy and ill-tempered (12)
3.
Chooses the groundbreaking tools (5)
4.
Settles in, less ten moving (7)
5.
Lure casual office worker on time (5)
6. Financially devastating OUs? Run off! (7)
7. A ramp trouble moving baby carriage (12)
13. Leg, core redesigned by Greek artist (2,5)
14. Crepe and gateau from cooking utensil (7)
16. Exercise by locomotive (5)
17. Peel back, turning up little electronic sound (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. Trade, business5. Sudden painful feeling, a … of regret8. Got smaller in the wash11. star, … Cotillard16. Dessert cutlery items, cake …17. Fridge in a hotel room19. Halloween month20. Baby’s stomach ache21. Labour hard22. Shows a response23. Warm up leftovers, eg25. Argue, bicker27. actress, … Sink30. Exonerated (2,3,5)31. Put a hard covering around32. Protected bushland, national …33. Decorative sticker37. Draws towards,41. Instrumental compositions42. Severe disappointment (6,4)44. Absent without leave (1,1,1,1)45. Baby carriage46. Beurre Bosc fruit47. Type of lily48. Tiny marsupial, … possum50. Albatross or petrel, eg51. Capital of Alberta province in Canada54. Malaysian-born chef and guest judge … Ling Yeow56. Cost, … for service57. Latvia’s capital59. Declare61. Snow landslide63. Small gongs, hi-hats66. Complains, pesters68. Indian robe69. Unites, … their friendship70. Strengthens the foundations of73. End of shirt sleeve75. Gasp, … for breath76. South African golfer, Ernie …78. Long-tailed rodent79. Tell off, reprimand80. More muscular82. Rome’s famous fountain84. Moulded metal, cast …85. Seaweed food thickener87. Relinquish, hand over89. Betting prices91. Southpaw in boxing, eg (4-6)

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