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Across
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Divide the other across answers – classify as good or bad (4,3,5,4,3,5)
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Elizabeth I’s favourite cheese (9)
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Name for boy sheltered by Irish aunt (5)
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Mythical deities remained years later (6)
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Buffoon in staff initially unfriendly, needing change of heart (8)
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They invariably obey head of state in Arab country (6)
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Not knowing what a dozen Popes were called (8)
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Some highly-placed Asians live surrounded by strongmen (8)
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Libertine casting lascivious look over letters found in bathroom (6)
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Wicked person always embracing false idol (8)
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Silly people doctor’s seen in pairs (6)
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Camera equipment that’s used for play (5)
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Cereal crop on island, one delivered in late December (9)
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See 1 ac
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Small movement inserting call for peace attracting much attention (7)
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Party is in decline (5)
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Endless speculations on sacred books – source for wise men? (3,6)
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Repast is oddly deficient in food (4)
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Daughter in sport, running and jumping athletically (8)
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Relieved to have finished ousting Conservative leader (5)
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Work on tiny scale, otherwise he can not (8)
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Get absorbed? Not seriously, by the sound of it (6)
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It’s included in nuanced addition to foreign movie (8)
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I govern US badly, behaving like overzealous employer (9)
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Deliverer of messages from printer company (8)
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Hear about object that’s hot or cool (6)
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Eastern state calls out for protests (7)
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Whiskey-guzzling doctor that completes shock treatment? (5)
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Plants and animals in book I translated (5)
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Height a river must rise for fish (4)

Crossword Information

Series
Cryptic
Number
29766
Date
6 August 2025
Setter
Brendan
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