Crossword

Lace bed (anag.) (7)

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Across

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Lace bed (anag.) (7)

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Nose or chin, say (7)

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Scribble – flee (4,3)

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Hamper (7)

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Squares (5)

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Account of a word’s development (9)

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Glasnost leader (9)

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Push forward (5)

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Aficionado (7)

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Old (7)

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Melissa (anag.) (7)

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Aestival (7)

Down

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Evade (5)

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Batter (5)

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Grilled (5-8)

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Dummy (6)

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One at the mercy of the latest trends? (7,6)

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Town (of sun-dried bricks) (6)

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Sacristy (6)

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Act of forbidding (4)

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Observe steadily and with intent (4)

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Coarse laugh (6)

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Give a different label to (6)

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Pester (6)

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Hurt pride (5)

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Sly (5)