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Cryptic No 8
Phil Platt


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  •  8  Helper had an idea of some sort (4)

  •  9  Tar was cleansed by facing the answer (10)

  • 10 It goes to show it's all about him! (6)

  • 11 Usually rounded up in "Casablanca" (8)

  • 12 Having done so, Khayyam's moving finger moved on (4)

  • 13 Evidently it's where truth is delivered after swearing (7,3)

  • 17 Sounds like what is used to get commercials into shape (4)

  • 18 At first, support is mixed at this capital place (5)

  • 19 Interrogation often conducted in a pub (4)

  • 20 He predicts torn shorts? O yea! (10)

  • 22 A shock partly opens the vessel (4)

  • 23 And 'ere be a Scottish town (8)

  • 27 Cream made of something that's not oil (6)

  • 28 May be used for securing battering device - but it's falling apart nonetheless! (10)

  • 29 If not well done, beef might be hard to find (4)

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  •  1  Point out dried goods I sorted to find an instrument in Oz (10)

  •  2  Sneeringly command to make one feel small (8)

  •  3  In the garden, they might destroy the marrows. (10)

  •  4  Oxford river goddess? Yes, yes! (4)

  •  5  Express misfortune the French are in - as you can see (4)

  •  6  Devon river ending in the south - and what might live in it (6)

  •  7  Somehow shot the party-giver (4)

  • 14 Cat fits baby to a T! (5)

  • 15 Was spellbound by a kind of rented hall (10)

  • 16 Dead contact gets a yes in both France and Germany (5,5)

  • 19 Use T-square to design accommodation? Right on! (8)

  • 21 Ailment caused by garden bird? (6)

  • 24 Sailor and me on horizontal bar (4)

  • 25 Style found in Iceland? (4)

  • 26 Goddess of Trainers? (4)

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