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CROSSWORD CHALLENGE 7686

CRYPTIC	EASY
ACROSS	ACROSS
4 Permits for being sallow? (6) 7 Max's height limitation? (8) 8 Being prepared to open negotiations is good (6) 10 So shortage of reserves can be grievous! (5) 13 A sure-fire concert piece (4) 14 She always has a kiss for the minister (4) 15 Drill can be a tedious thing (4) 16 Talk of a film fishily unfinished? (3) 17 End of a tale that's been copied (4) 19 Could you bake 150 before noon? (4) 21 Out of one's mind! (9) 23 Could a clown pass for an officer? (4) 24 Organ one's broken (4) 26 A sporting term in college football (3) 27 Went into a rage when told it's flu? (4) 29 Applaud a ham, perhaps, at a certain junction (4) 32 Expected money for a fight (4) 33 Said to be a cold country? (5) 34 Finish filing a couple of letters (6) 35 After losing one bet, might one do this with laughter? (6,2) 36 Posts one's investments? (6)	4 Unexpected (6) 7 Least authentic (8) 8 Each (6) 10 Coral island (5) 13 Fall (4) 14 Food fish (4) 15 Ale (4) 16 Vase (3) 17 Tight (4) 19 Evict (4) 21 Harass(9) 23 Fairy (4) 24 Price (4) 26 Obese (3) 27 Badger's home (4) 29 Dash (4) 32 Meadows (4) 33 Wife (5) 34 Bigot (6) 35 Stretch (8) 36 Scattered (6)

DOWN	DOWN
1 Charles and Mike in a terrible hole together (5) 2 It shows someone's made a pile, albeit stony (5) 3 Weapon flourished at risk (4) 4 Bream colour? (5) 5 Let out a piece of news at a certain time (4) 6 Home of the brave? (6) 9 Builds in secret? (6) 11 Could striking it mean nothing to the Italian? (3) 12 Praise what used to be a lot different (5) 13 The C.O., we heart, is abit of a nut! (7) 15 Like a New Yorker's apple (3) 16 Possibly foreign chap? Yes, a Pole (3) 18 Clever, but capable of outright fault (6) 20 Creature taking shelter at Crouch End (5) 21 Bad weather blamed for a fatheaded "own goal" (3) 22 Pull out of Silver town(3) 23 Show some rude pictures (6) 25 To try such a friend would be paltry (3) 28 Where there's a trading centre in stewed eels? (5) 30 In biographies, evils can be disguised (5) 31 Looks to be some hope for old records (5) 32 What's it like under your hat? (4) 33 Where a cab crashed going round a sharp turn (4)	1 Small fish (5) 2 Punctuation mark (5) 3 Tablet (4) 4 Look fixedly (5) 5 Weedy person (4) 6 Accompany (6) 9 Absorbent (6) 11 Pull (3) 12 Afterwards (5) 13 Discovers (7) 15 Coach (3) 16 Employ (3) 18 Cropped up (6) 20 State (5) 21 Favourite (3) 22 Bed (3) 23 Obvious (6) 25 Boy (3) 28 Devoured (5) 30 Flower (5) 31 At no time (5) 32 Feeble (4) 33 Stoop (4)