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DOUBLE CROSSWORD

EASY ACROSS 1 Warning (6)

7 Unsuccessful (8)

8 Voting (4)

10 Israeli monetary

unit (6)

11 Wheedle (6)

14 Obtain (3)

16 Challenges (5)

17 Bereavement (4)

19 Thin biscuit (5)

21 Truncheon (5)

22 Beer (5)

23 Curve (4)

26 Herb (5)

28 Man’s or woman’s

name (3)

29 Runs away to wed (6)

30 Fruit (6)

31 Norse god (4)

32 Deliberate (8)

33 Over there (6)

DOWN

1 Hand tool (6)

2 Elicits (6)

3 High (4)

4 Widen (7)

5 Lesser (5)

6 Yields (5)

8 Dowels (4)

9 Permit (3)

12 Jam container (3)

13 Discover (5)

15 Afterwards (5)

18 Liver, kidneys, etc. (5)

19 Wit (3)

20 In favour of (3)

21 Menacing (7)

22 Edge (3)

23 Genial (6)

24 Style and vigour (4)

25 Dealer in cloth (6)

26 Smiles (5)

27 Of the sun (5)

28 Insane (3)

30 Corpse (4)

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Free ticket? (6)

7 A showplace for swimmers (8)

8 Have a fling before the match? (4)

10 Good question about getting nothing

right (6)

11 A number taking a weapon out of

spite (6)

14 Had some gateaux (3)

16 Cleverly drew a bird (5)

17 A brief show of dissent (4)

19 To get out of debt again, show a

profit (5)

21 Gee, what an old-fashioned doll! (5)

22 Guess about 550, dolefully (5)

23 Be obstructive, making many go

wrong (4)

26 Joan’s fanciful hero (5)

28 A natural food crusher (3)

29 Seville, it may seem, can be right in

Genoa! (6)

30 Terribly sore about a cricket club’s

game (6)

31 Received over a thousand (4)

32 After all, maybe a nice merger (8)

33 Consider a pool less than a mere (6)

DOWN

1 When revealed, cast out with a cry of

pain (6)

2 Has it a sort of hollow charm? (6)

3 A simple note, say, to translate (4)

4 Like the look of a person dreaming of a

vacation? (7)

5 Brilliant twins coming to a bad end (5)

6 Colour of a clumber spaniel (5)

8 Vehicle of retrograde art, to many (4)

9 Haggard female? (3)

12 Song of Malaya (3)

13 Instrument, possible collector’s

piece (5)

15 Cathedral water suppliers? (5)

18 Enigmatic composer of The Spanish

rag? (5)

19 Fishing item used in shooting (3)

20 Carry on trade in laminated wood (3)

21 Passage aboard ship (7)

22 Could be her French boy (3)

23 Protective envelope used by businesses

getting ahead (6)

24 The shortcoming of a left back who’s

lost his head (4)

25 An elastic band (6)

26 He has a name for bringing bad luck (5)

27 She’s evasive about having one left (5)

28 Somewhat boorish cry? (3)

30 Put your foot in the waste-paper

basket (4)

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