Overly sweet (6)
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Across
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Overly sweet (6)
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Sea birds – dupes (5)
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Spanish ferry port (6)
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Sea in Northern Europe (6)
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And others (Latin abbrev.) (2,2)
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No problem (2,6)
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Gloss or emulsion parka? (4,2,5)
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One who eats flesh of own species (8)
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Peer (4)
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Great Britain, or Brighton and Hove (6)
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Personification – 2009 film (6)
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Out of practice – reddish-brown (5)
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Many do (anag.) – highly energetic person (6)
Down
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Relating to the hip – longest nerve (7)
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German measles (7)
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Spoil the pic with leap into the background (9)
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Excrement of e.g. 4ac used as fertiliser (5)
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Not now (5,2)
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Small filled bag or envelope (6)
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Very fine blood vessel (9)
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Public vehicle – book containing reprints of others (7)
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Baa Nike (anag,) – Japanese art of flower arranging (7)
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Violent whirling windstorm (7)
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Choux pastry or Jenny (6)
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Creamy-white – piano key (5)

Crossword Information

Series
Quick
Number
17415
Date
28 February 2026
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