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CROSSWORD CHALLENGE 7586

CRYPTIC	EASY
ACROSS	ACROSS
4 A chap possibly noted in N. America (6) 7 Being desperate is no good (8) 8 Pictures a saint with woes (6) 10 In the dark until explained (5) 13 Fat lad embracing a redhead (4) 14 Busy person's mid-afternoon drink (4) 15 Fruit worth �1 to me? (4) 16 He's plumb suspended! (3) 17 Fictional captain's exclamation to a seaman (4) 19 Calamity due to the wind? (4) 21 Put on a show just for fun? (5,4) 23 Interviewed the head of state, even (4) 24 It grows in less than three days (4) 26 Pretend, partly in play (3) 27 An animal shot at? (4) 29 Utter in a semitone (4) 32 Source of electricity for a small room? (4) 33 Cut a key for a flier (5) 34 This expedition is possibility including some seafaring (6) 35 Gone like the truck one got rid of (8) 36 Boil these in a brew before closing time (6)	4 Royal seat (6) 7 Journalist (8) 8 Perceptive (6) 10 Mud (5) 13 Quote (4) 14 Grain store (4) 15 Greek letter (4) 16 Favourite (3) 17 Feline (4) 19 Close (4) 21 Overzealous (9) 23 Injury (4) 24 Playing cards (4) 26 Possessive pronoun (3) 27 Fever (4) 29 Paradise (4) 32 Celebrity (4) 33 Wind instrument (5) 34 Floor covering (6) 35 Revered (8) 36 Loves (6)

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1 Plant you can make a brush out of (5) 2 The sort of pie to order? (5) 3 Unexciting place to live? (4) 4 Where one could amass a lot of tea (5) 5 A police department's chemical? (4) 6 Lacking heart, there could be such a victory (6) 9 High-pitched song belter perhaps? (6) 11 Catch less than nine trout (3) 12 Being angry, one has to scold (5) 13 Would such politicians be a long time in preparing a bill? (7) 15 The village recidivist? (3) 16 Does his body lack a figure? (3) 18 A supporter apt to be wiry (6) 20 Left port with cargo (5) 21 A determined group of people? (3) 22 Favourite piano quartet finale (3) 23 Trouble due to foolish capers (6) 25 A depressed area in the country (3) 28 Has she nothing to exist for? (5) 30 Questionable strength? (5) 31 What Theodore or Edward could bear to be called? (5) 32 Vehicle useful in back-tracking (4) 33 The mistake of a girl? (4)	1 Angry (5) 2 Month (5) 3 Encourage (4) 4 Characteristic (5) 5 Ceremony (4) 6 Gossip (6) 9 Position (6) 11 Cover (3) 12 Tooth (5) 13 Mythical creature (7) 15 Snake (3) 16 Friend (3) 18 Prisoner (6) 20 Artist�s stand (5) 21 Distant (3) 22 Frozen water (3) 23 Announcer (6) 25 Moist (3) 28 Portals (5) 30 Fool (5) 31 Poor (5) 32 Incitement (4) 33 Run away (4)