Dramatic setting of ancient Rome? (12)
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Dramatic setting of ancient Rome? (12)
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Shining (5)
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Releases (from an obligation) (7)
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Nonsense (slang) – musician Peter (4)
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Wine and soda water (8)
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Come to an end (6)
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Hungarian-born actor Bela ___, d. 1956 (6)
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Zip, perhaps (8)
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Unoccupied (4)
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Bad feeling (3,4)
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Incriminate – game of snooker (5)
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Typical commodity – in tarot decks (anag) (5-2-5)
Down
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Feeble chap (7)
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Sell – bird (4)
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Commercial connections – I upset (anag) (3-3)
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Retired professor’s title (8)
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Often-yellow gemstone – and 1969 Hitchcock film (5)
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Former soldiers (2-10)
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Latest FBI two (anag) – struggle to outsmart opponent (6,2,4)
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Means to resume football game (4,4)
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Experienced individual (3,4)
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UK’s smallest bird of prey (6)
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Volley of gunfire (5)
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From a long way away (4)

Crossword Information

Series
Quick
Number
17328
Date
18 November 2025
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