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PUZZLE 22

TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD Two sets of clues both leading to the same answers

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CRYPTIC CLUES

1. Mythological musician (7) 5. Dice (3,2) 8. Uncouth person (5) 9. Put into service (7) 10. Item of casual wear (6,6) 12. Aromatic kernel (6) 14. Untrustworthy person (inf.) (3,3) 17. All together (4,3,5) 21. ------- Bening, US actress (7) 22. Harbour (5) 23. Intense light (5) 24. Orange-coloured drupe (7) 4. Compress (6) 5. Porcelain (5) 6. Flow in drops (7) 7. Reputation (8) 11. Accumulate rapidly (8) 13. Lockjaw (7) 15. Not this one (7) 16. Former Spanish currency (6) 18. Aquatic mammal (5) 19. ----- centre (5) 20. Most northerly island of Britain (4) 1. Expression of pain (4) 2. Chubby (5) 3. Magnify (7)

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1. Some of you chafe with a cry of pain (4) 2. Drop round! (5) 3. Add to the general confusion (7) 4. Suppress the ball game (6) 5. Feature a country (5) 6. Run slowly to deceive the French (7) 7. Standing for president shortly, I get excited (8) 11. Drink that is thrown in cold weather (8) 17. How unanimous people speak (4,3,5) 21. Girl is clear in advance payment (7) 22. Own northern refuge (5) 23. Skinhead in real distress caused by powerful beam (5) 24. Fruit, another pair by the bed (7) 1. Noted underworld visitor (7) 5. Heavily criticise meat that is more expensive (3,2) 8. Many a fling by a surly fellow (5) 9. Take little brother out of boiler suit and arrange to employ (7) 10. Displays coat worn informally (6,6) 12. Head girl has some spice (6) 14. Bagged unfortunate worthless person (3,3)

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13. Eat nuts that are rotten – this will make one ill (7) 15. A different form on earth (7) 16. Put in vegetable for old Spanish settler (6) 18. Forgot terrapin was hiding another animal (5) 19. Relating to a city going one way or the other (5) 20. Nuts from one of the Shetland Islands (4)

PUZZLE 23

Telephone dialling pads combine several letters on one key. Here several sets of words or items have been encoded by using numbers rather than letters. Then they have been divided into groups of three characters and all the names have been run one after another to make your task a little more difficult. Can you crack the code?

authors who wrote under more than one name

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Dialling Codes

Blue Peter pets

types of bicycle

6. 884 548 912 784 737 173 669 132 784 464 166 868 246 135 328 742 139 372 473 129 256 127 677 187 428 456 612 691 868 746 414 927 431 722 464 266 316 613 453 361 245 543 153 261 776 831 627 917 822 917 166 617 692 663 156 536 313 532 667 174 429 179 338 122 765 463 162 444 316 29 songs with women’s names in the title

5. 768 343 126 664 312 665 431 227 639 146 534 313 733 217 437 162 444 314 367 431 582 914 449 172 471 738 721 762 571 527 661 563 915 461 538 465 463 175 283 712 429 253 187 655 391 924 661 227 158 442 431 943 352 277 691 567 791 668 672 453 187 228 671 772 619 433 524 247 187 246 things that move on wheels

4. 788 417 363 355 126 631 742 318 428 671 226 646 413 742 125 247 124 284 212 474 784 317 837 436 154 641 326 435 142 635 371 515 117 695 464 222 531 683 756 251 836 812 526 538 128 886 646 531 787 517 866 464 127 677 156 481 566 817 547 182 251 944 924 168 372 278 126 837 124 246 types of stitch

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3 DEF

4 GHI

5 JKL

6 MNO

7 PQRS

8 TUV

9 WXYZ

Spaces and any punctuation marks are represented by 1.

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