Crossword 702

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Name Address ACROSS DOWN 22 Restatement of the procedure 31 The US legislature (6) 10 Spots outstanding round tip of

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26 Bury in the old way and prepare 14 A certain somebody (3) 17 Our home or my 'ouse (5) 19 Basket-makers accordingly

27 Principal magistrate from 29 Cat's weight (5) 34 Improves what happens at noon 36 One very large, without a 40 Half the island is printed thus 41 Broken oken ice, or a term relating to

42 Notice the inner part of the ear 38 Rank outsider in German town

43 Without giving up, Iranian

1 Bake China, special 'Noire' redesigned (12) nose (4) rejected rise, wrongly (6) has helped (6) for use in January (9) verse (9) Highland town rejected English

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favourite (7) measuring gases (10) scholar gradually losing head (5) (4) (12) 20 Money on board for perfumes 21 23 That is removed from catalogues 28 Anything vile sounds like a film 16 See 21 (3) 30 Suffocates in Ayr, having 32 Jock's endlessly divine resort (3) 33 Dog consuming old tea (5) 35 Take in a thing of little value. 37 Sailor and journalist not yet up 19 Shellfish genus from country, we 2 Mouse or cat, torn in eight parts 4 Inhabits part of Seville, on 6 Kind being (6) 5 Provided that one comes in, 7 Hospital flag raised for betel (5) 8 Livid Scots car firm on outskirts 9 Put down posh port embracing (10) return (5) distracted caddie turned sour(9) of Airdrie (4) measure of inflation (12, two words)

translated 16 English verses.

That's not so bad (10, two hear (6) words) for designers (9) series (7) southern customs (6) That's right (5) (4)

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