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Cryptic No 33
Phil


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  •  1  It's customary to remove end of sausage (5)

  •  4/16        Infantryman relaxed reading rude rag (9,9)

  • 10 Time-off mid-period (4-4)

  • 11 Storming such a castle might be child's play (6)

  • 12 Malone rips apart, in a cold way (10)

  • 13 Mineral found in hospital canteen (4)

  • 14 Scrambled Royal egg drains off the rainwater (8)

  • 17 Within a short time, Pepe's upset about Russian plain (6)

  • 18 Leave alone on the beach? (6)

  • 20 Capital wear for 4 across and 16 down - but sounds naked! (8)

  • 22 Sour article police follow (4)

  • 23 Clark's lute may be very dull (10)

  • 26 Witty words on tomb are right out of order! (3,3)

  • 27 One may be sentenced when in but not there! (8)

  • 28 Yorkshire town's midweek team? (9)

  • 29 May replace 20 across when not protecting palaces (5)

  • Down
  •  2  Gather it's somewhat warm (5)

  •  3  Foreman almost making blunder (5)

  •  5  Love affair makes former PM go to pieces (7)

  •  6  Bibles studied in the North with snacks (7)

  •  7  Intrepid relative getting into rickety sleds (9)

  •  8  Australian oil producers lie and cut pay anyway (9)

  •  9  Just about manages to overtake (4,2)

  • 15 I gag after painting vegetable (9)

  • 16 See 4 Across

  • 19 Removes from French steel mixture (7)

  • 20 Form of Latin music heard by Offenbach at a concert perhaps? (7)

  • 21 Eventually reaches final position (2,4)

  • 24 One of five - or some may say six (5)

  • 25 Elevate with an increase in income (5)

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