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Will DaBeed's July Cryptic ('99)
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1. He mixed Alberta a drink (6,3) 6. When investigator gets back in bed his two feet stick out (5) 9. Hockey team that's full of emotion (7) 10. It's not overdone like some ribald entertainment (2,5) 11. A pole to lynch a corrupt liar from an imaginary land (9) 12. Locked up with two nuts you try to escape, I hear (5) 13. Permits to seize a valuable woods (4) 14. Sailor, worker and jazz singer make music together (10) 18. Diverts credit, ask around (10) 21. A hillbilly's anti-Western once more (4) 23. Big Ben who's hands swung so gracefully round (5) 25. Repayment includes a bird and part of a roll (3,3,3) 26. Monrovian decapitated a Spaniard (7) 27. For a tapper or a topper (7) 28. Figs. Reportedly, small things that improve eyesight (5) 29. It maketh one see red when ye women do conspire (5,4) |
Down 1. Let's be proud this place is all French (5,2,2) 2. Searched for loot then sped off half in the bag (9) 3. Geneva reconvened to exact retribution (6) 4. Out-spoken African queen is cheered by Japanese firm (7) 5. State music maker has a dog with a diploma (7) 6. You won't get a big kick out of these leaky boats (3,5) 7. Measure old Ford (5) 8. Wanton upstart truly lived (5) 15. Aurora borealis could be a farce (5,4) 16. Supplied a short commentary to thank Ted after a year (9) 17. In Belfast and in Stockholm they look like stars (8) 19. The one opposite Cleo's guy takes the first of many (7) 20. Thicken over the fireplace (7) 22. Use a crude club to get a fish (6) 23. Comes down hard on certain calls (5) 24. It dances across the water after the odd garden bee (5) |
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