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The Sunday Crossword No. 3195

March 26, 2022 04:03 pm | Updated 04:03 pm IST

Across

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1 Commonplace kind of crossing? (10)

6 Old tribesman regularly used lion’s claw (4)

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9 Turnips! I am displaying austerity (10)

10 Hands back in exchange (4)

11 Apportion old rule encountering demonstrator and streakers (6,6)

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15 Soil, grit mostly mixed for platforms (3,4)

16 At first, soldiers and meditators; ultimately, rulers – awfully intense! (7)

17 Flipping artificial intelligence to arrest gangster leading Balkan state (7)

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19 Food options hotel bar detailed for musician (7)

20 Key vehicle pulling another in part of airport(7,5)

23 Takeaway where French is spoken (4)

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24 Still, that’s how a very brief debate is? (10)

25 Auditor’s opposed to advance payment(4)

26 Give speech to drinkers, depicting what’s often included in tab (7,3)

Down

1 Everyman engaged in second clarifying remark in tweets (4)

2 One creating stain, we’re told, is dreadful (4)

3 Who creates backdrops representing singed trees? (3,8)

4 They smuggle strips of carpet(7)

5 Adult, tension rising, swears (7)

7 Why we snort dubiously is significant(10)

8 Poisonous creature’s hosting ‘topless’ version: slander! (10)

12 Shun big name, resolving to see people in general (5,6)

13 Peculiar avocations in Canadian province (4,6)

14 Questionable, seeing military demonstration when it’s dark (3-2-5)

18 A Lord Lieutenant, elderly, taking time taking everything in (3,4)

19 Less cheerful: French sea swallows specs, swim cut short(7)

21 Perhaps Basil’s tucked into feather bed (4)

22 Powerful person in sports arena (4)

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