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01 November 2021

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Across 1 Refuse to weaken (7)5 Is violent and ruins the gears (5)8 Religious split? (6,2,5)9 Her calling is a dangerous one (5)10 Iris lends colour to it (7)11 Composer from Harlem (6)12 Architectural highlight (6)15 Fear of redundancy drove him to breaking point (7)17 Only support a starving artist may have (5)19 A man whose career lies in ruins (13)20 Little Diana, modest but very attractive (5)21 Train to follow the king (7)

Down1 Number with odd bets needing to be settled (5)2 Put the cards away and get ready for action (5,3,5)3 Its use in a low church service certainly would (7)4 Eaten away in fact or deed perhaps (6)5 To sack or to fire (5)6 Get in to obtain a confession (4,9)7 Learned adult or learning youngster (7)11 Mother left fat on the duck (7)13 One up to making you become communicative (4,3)14 It may be rude to make a digression (6)16 Laity out abroad (5)18 Drunk, he becomes athletic (5)

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Cryptic Solution 16763

Across: 1 Cloth, 8 Pastoral, 9 Twain, 10 Outgoing, 11 Banns, 12 Pea, 16 Mealie, 17 Prisms, 18 Get, 23 Screw, 24 Reporter, 25 Posse, 26 Spanking, 27 Bends.

Down: 2 Low water, 3 Triangle, 4 Nature, 5 Stage, 6 Train, 7 Bligh, 12 Peg, 13 Apt, 14 Disclose, 15 Immersed, 19 Exeunt, 20 Brest, 21 Appal, 22 Broke.

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Across 1 Awe-inspiring (7)5 Devout (5)8 Permanently (3,4,3,3)9 Pleasing smell (5)10 Proverbially wise king (7)11 Like better (6)12 Put aside (6)15 Generous (7)17 Passage between rows (5)19 Reversal in attitude (6,2,5)20 Unpleasant (5)21 Leather factory (7)

Down1 Capital of Bulgaria (5)2 Stake all on success (4,4,5)3 Place in quarantine (7)4 First-born (6)5 Involving punishment (5)6 In miniature (2,1,5,5)7 Prevent from speaking (7)11 Large fish-eating bird (7)13 Pagan (7)14 Nearly (6)16 Form of football (5)18 List of competitors (5)

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10-Minute Solution 16763

Across: 1 Stalk, 8 Fleabite, 9 Gruff, 10 Stand pat, 11 Idiot, 12 Era,16 Superb, 17 Scrimp, 18 Bah, 23 Pause, 24 Real life, 25 Hoo-ha, 26 Foul play, 27 State.

Down: 2 Tired out, 3 Leftover, 4 Ulster, 5 Taunt, 6 Nippy, 7 Perth, 12 Ebb, 13 Ash, 14 Break-out, 15 Smash hit, 19 Affray, 20 Craft, 21 Vague, 22 Slope.

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This is the world’s most addictive numbers game. The aim is to fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. You need to reason out where to place the missing numbers by using the numbers given in the grid and a process of elimination. This is a game of logic not mathematical ability.

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Saturday’s answer: acting, airgun, cang, cigar, crag, daring, drag, drug, ducting, dung, during, gain, gait, gaud, gaunt, gaur, giant, gird, girt, gnat, gradin, grain, grand, grant, grid, grin, grind, grit, grunt, guan, guard, guitar, ragi, rang, rating, ring, rung, tang, ting, trading, TRADUCING, tragic, trig, trug, tung, turgid, ungird, unrig

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