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Crossword
Cryptic clues
Across
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1. Pose in sad cafe for a playing card (3,2,6) 8. Go, Gary, back to where you are keen (4) 9. South African golfer, won at 1 down, beating 4. down with the occasional 2 down 24 across (4,6) 10. A whiff of perfume on the way up (6) 11. En route, but not in French (2,3,3) 12. Devon flower thrown from the oche (4) 14. Back up a tor to find a list (4) 15. Captain’s name for golf shot going left (4) 16. Come into view near Brighton (4) 17. Rot spared me from crying these (9) 20. A float set up unusually high (8) 21. Peers over sign to see same either side (6) 23. Heading into debt or into Labour? (4,3,3) 24. In Lilliput, try to get the ball in the hole (4) 25. Drawing desk recycled into spuds (4,7) Down
1. Major place to anoint master in spring (7) 2. Even by the sea, Glenda felt under par (5) 3. Freight carries a Mustang or a Spitfire (7) 4. Good golf to be expected (3,3,3,6) 5. Number two standing in for number one? (6) 6. With no hesitation, aged rooster makes theatrical entrance (5,4) 7. The reason for Ash’s disappearance (7) 13. Vick consumes toast in Devon town (9) 16. Scavengers laughing like dogs (7) 18. In Mississippi, late summer is good for exercise (7) 19.Hampshire river needs scratchin’? (6) 21. Provide a fund, almost all in wonder (5) 22. The rep put back the higher level (5)
Quick clues
Across
1. Part of some royal flushes (3,2,6) 8. Popeyed (4)
Set by Dizzy
9. Golfer who won nine majors in his career (4,6) 10. The way up (6) 11. In transit (2,3,3) 12. Devon river (4) 14. List of things to be done (4) 15. Catch (4) 16. Hoisted aboard (4) 17. Results from crying (9) 20. Artificially high voice (8) 21. Peers or the same (6) 23. Unprofitable financial condition (4,3,3) 24. Golf shot on the green (4) 25. Royal potatoes (4,7) Down
1. Masters Tournament locale (7) 2. American symbol (5) 3. Combatant or boxer (7) 4. About average or nothing unusual (3,3,3,6) 5. Second-in-command (6) 6. Alternative theatre entrance (5,4) 7. Disease of the ash tree (7) 13. Rather lovely market town in Devon (9) 16. Doglike African mammals (7) 18. Fitness system (7) 19. River near Southampton (6) 21. Provide with a permanent fund (5) 22. Shoe part (5)
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