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  Across   1. Big container of synthetic drug to heal us, sort of. (10)   7. Large cask nevertheless ends with a bar. (4)   9. Strawberry punnet holding half a gallon, or thereabouts. (6) 10. Judy’s husband given long time to make a cask. (8) 11. Small cask from public house encounters U.S. law to tackle organized crime. (7) 12. Fruit encountered leaden weight on sounding line. (7) 14. Booze in small measure for little boy and relative. (9) 16. Printing house imp who talks with Huey on the big white telephone? (5) 19. Strip of hide for glue-making? Point to Native American. (5) 20. Brave Benbow lost his legs by ---------,        Brave Benbow lost his legs       And on his stumps he begs       Fight on my English lads,       'tis our lot, 'tis our lot. (9) 22. Shilling to see you, one hears, at the gallery which is protected by shields. (7) 24. Sailor men hold feast - they have the belly f...
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  Across   1. Strange spirit goes back to give subdued grumble. (6)   4. Perform songs a couple of times for prison. (8)  10. Ask…um…to become a maker of heavy equipment. (7) 11. Hide ammo containers (in early English). (7) 12. Heath upset Wales making transistors in silicon chip rule. (6,3) 15. Suitable note for an old song. (5) 16. Foreign coin ok back before Beijing’s airport. (5) 19. No holy lady gets a charge from being unassociated with labor group. (3-5) 21. Crumbled bagel? Get all upset and display part of forehead... (8) 22. …as the consequence of undue speed. (5) 25. Garfunkel joins the Spanish-Russian workers’ guild… (5) 26. …with stronger reason for a trio. I find that’s surprising! (1,8) 29. Drag away loot? It’s no longer available. (4,3) 31. Deathly apparatus caused by gate closing around decay. (7) 32. Doubled court power with humorous name for remote town. (4,4) 33. Individual’s life-force takes tea? That is pretentiou...
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 TVLPP 416 Across   6. Antlers for one of 16 ac. (9)   8. Is seen in corduroy, although being a king and a 16 ac. (5) 10. For there's nae luck about the house,        There's nae luck at a',        There's little pleasure in the house         When our -------'s awa. (7) 11, 25. This 16 ac. could be a true godsend! (6,6) 12. Young 9 dn., given hair, would be a 16 ac. (6) 14. Clandestine groups observe, with awkward grins. (3-5) 16. Force eagle to shed tail. (4) 18. When Johnnie Cope he heard o' this,       He thocht it wouldna be -----,       Tae hae a horse in readiness,       Tae flee awa in the morning. (5) 20. 16 ac. is bad French - up to a point. (4) 21. Mostly blind swimmers beware failure (somewhat). (8) 23. These swimmers are rather strange girls given a drug. (6) 25. See 11 ac. 27. The poor sot gets wealthy and becomes ...