Crossword

Squarish stinger? (3,9)

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Across

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Squarish stinger? (3,9)

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Tertiary (5)

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Worldly (7)

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Superficial (4)

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Extraordinarily skilful performer (8)

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Obtain through manipulative methods (6)

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Riddle (6)

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Nark (8)

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Seed pod that sticks in fur (4)

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Floating solid mass (4,3)

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Top chamber (5)

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Key artefact in deciphering scripts (7,5)

Down

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Belief about topic (7)

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Stone – tire (4)

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Scottish girl? (6)

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Sailing (8)

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Home in the far, far north (5)

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Eritrea and Djibouti region (4,2,6)

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Sotto voce actor’s remark (5,7)

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Scaremonger(ing) – mail star (anag) (8)

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Gannet (7)

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Kinds (6)

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Concentrate (5)

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Very big or wide (4)