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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
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2 Fashionable dressmaker’s style is
German, intrinsically (7)
3 Some heat generated by those people
across the river (5)
of affection (6)
14 Too wise, we hear, to accept dubious
1 Thus opponents are scattered (4)
12 A fellow I have found striking (10)
19 A male predator guards quiet
drug trades? Obviously not born this!
(9)
16 Puts in office a powerful leader with
aims (8)
4 Tree feller becomes a civic dignitary
18 Agent distorts the truth when giving
(8)
answers (7)
5 One’s a little bit put out by awkward
20 One’s captivated by fashionable Red
situation (6)
6 Bullets coming from several directions
anthem (7)
position furthest away from
sun (8)
22 Meets previous revolutionary
characters in USSR legislature
(7,6)
25 One legislative body rejected
epic story (5)
21 Student chatted with US lyricist (6)
26 She looks after the kids! (5,4)
23 Woman shortly turned up unknown
27 He tries to speak in Erse
lines of poem (5)
perhaps (7)
8 Dickens’ celebrated daughter kept
24 Eat out with hangman, but skip the
28 Observe student inside church
asafoetida (6,4)
starter (4)
makin