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CHRIS'S CRYPTICS

CROSSWORDS

PUZZLES

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OCTOBER 2007's CRYPTIC

ACROSS
5. An older lady can drag the morn out. (11)
7. Is there a crazy person springing from your family tree? (3) 8. It looks like the pixie one has is good for one's ego. (7)
9. Circuitous tour precedes the east path. (5)
10. What wild hares have in common. (5) 12. A little backflow after tea of stuffed bear. (5)

DOWN
1. Over the eons granite metamorphoses, but it takes many years of DNA provisions, I see. (11)
2. Eccentric aunts do surprise at times. (7)
3. One of the piper's pipes can only fly for a short time.
4. Follows instructions when taking the boys out East. (5)

14. Indicate what separates the fraction from the integer. (5)
15. In a progressive direction in hospital, perhaps. (7)
17. Half of the ham actor's cry can be startling! (3)
18. Cinderella's adversaries strenuously resist pests. (11)

5. Every second character in the house is a different colour. (3)
6. Virtual images of my quiet thoughts. (11)
11. I ask myself if I can be congenial. (7)
13. Grandad's woolly stories? (5)
14. Histories pass with time. (5)
16. When our eyes initially beheld the calamity. (3)

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