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ACROSS
1 Indonesian island has Buddhist
writing to absorb scholar (7)
5 Having removed article from
deceased, hastily withdrew (7)
9 Poor sad Wendy – filled with
woe, ultimately, from the day she
was born (9)
10 Irish sage written about in
medieval lore (5)
11 Drunkenness – the vice of
innkeepers’ patron (2,7,4)
13 In history the Unknown
Soldier represents us all (8)
15 Exhausted last of finance held
in banks (6)
17 Looks after son with display
DOWN
1 Thus opponents are scattered (4)
12 A fellow I have found striking (10)
of affection (6)
19 A male predator guards quiet
2 Fashionable dressmaker’s style is
German, intrinsically (7)
3 Some heat generated by those people
across the river (5)
4 Tree feller becomes a civic dignitary
(8)
5 One’s a little bit put out by awkward
situation (6)
14 Too wise, we hear, to accept dubious
drug trades? Obviously not born this!
(9)
position furthest away from
sun (8)
16 Puts in office a powerful leader with
aims (8)
22 Meets previous revolutionary
18 Agent distorts the truth when giving
answers (7)
(7,6)
characters in USSR legislature
25 One legislative body rejected
20 One’s captivated by fashionable Red
anthem (7)
6 Bullets coming from several directions
– the result of Klan activity? (9)
21 Student chatted with US lyricist (6)
7 Remove an organ, as it were, to save
someone (7)
23 Woman shortly turned up unknown
lines of poem (5)
8 Dickens’ celebrated daughter kept
asafoetida (6,4)
24 Eat out with hangman, but skip the
starter (4)
epic story (5)
26 She looks after the kids! (5,4)
27 He tries to speak in Erse
68
perhaps (7)
28 Observe student inside church
making a big splash (7)
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