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CROSSWORD CHALLENGE 2864

CRYPTIC	EASY
ACROSS	ACROSS
8 A regular who's put a little in the shade (7) 9 He's informed by word of mouth (3-6) 13 When he begins piling it on, doing the same (5) 14 Feel little (5) 15 Singer who's an icon? (7) 16 Job of the girl who won the "Electrifying Beauty" competition? (7) 17 A man of the cloth (5) 18 She comes, as usual, to a conclusion (5) 20 Without the master holding it, made the dog perform a trick (5) 22 Grants nothing can get through the rebuilt walls (6) 23 One associates it with baby talk (6) 25 Show having a drink with a man (7) 27 Leaves out the R in "sundry" (7) 30 Ran and was placed (6) 31 Captures the attempts to get the ball in (6) 32 The hour and the second ones? (5) 35 Don't keep the seat that's lost its top (5) 36 How many were we to leave in the container?(5) 37 Think it's trendy to have a picture outside (7) 39 How Byron wrote, or just the opposite (7) 41 Contract with a snag (5) 42 An attempt to get one's fair share of (5) 43 Felt again one had improved the image of (9) 44 The retiring head admitted the send-off was a surprise (7)	8 Sunshade (7) 9 Hit back (9) 13 Amid (5) 14 A sketch (5) 15 Make trivial objections (7) 16 Below (7) 17 Playground item (5) 18 Open sore (5) 20 Of rabies (5) 22 Group of relatives (6) 23 Large wooded area (6) 25 Spartan (7) 27 Paper handkerchiefs (7) 30 Repeat performance (6) 31 Of cats (6) 32 Sinks one's teeth into (5) 35 Waterproof coat (5) 36 Unify (5) 37 Motorcycle stunt (7) 39 Italian food (7) 41 Furious (5) 42 Male voice (5) 43 Serve this with lamb (4,5) 44 Football official (7)

DOWN	DOWN
1 Disease that is caught in mixed bars (6) 2 How big the crown is? (4,4) 3 Saving from imprisonment (7,4) 4 Taken out, is shy (9) 5 A steak, etc., cooked outside and a little cake (7) 6 A misnomer! (6,4) 7 A sou that's not necessarily French (4) 10 Not easy to protect me from being hurt (6) 11 The, to us, grotesque antique was a more popular commodity (7) 12 Being given time to take control of (6) 19 Get back on course (7) 21 Not in the team, having failed to make a catch (7) 24 Destroys when there's a minor fight about (4,5,2) 26 "Long ago," they read out, "arranged to" (3,4,3) 28 A role in "The Letter" (9) 29 A good person, my dear, holds with integrity (7) 30 Calm and quiet, put the key in (6) 32 Blow! It's going to reduce our speed (4,4) 33 Verbally supports non-vegetarian food (6) 34 For a while, push to the limit (7) 38 Game I play with sun reflections? (6) 40 See as a plus for potential house buyers (4)	A monkey (6) 2 Criminal underworld (8) 3 Guard something temporarily (4,3,4) 4 Without doubt (9) 5 Large tent (7) 6 Absurd (10) 7 Counterfoil (4) 10 Men�s hairdresser (6) 11 Fruit (7) 12 Something unrevealed (6) 19 Merciful (7)�21 Pub doorman (7) 24 Naval vessel (11) 26 Hard unglazed pottery (10) 28 Talk about the past (9) 29 Sour liquid (7) 30 Send goods abroad (6) 32 Short pause for rest (8) 33 Fortified wine (6) 34 Melodious (7) 38 Surgical knife (6) 40 Blood vessel (4)