Crossword clues

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Tasmanian Country
16 Aug 2024
Crossword

Ooops. The gremlins got into the crosswords in the last two weeks. Here are last week’s clues... 

#5212 match the grid in this week’s print edition. 

But be careful not to cheat because the solution to #5212 is in this week’s paper.  

Next week we will repeat clues to #5213 with the correct grid. Happy puzzling.

 

Combo 5212

Across
1 Became enthusiastic
7 Catch sight of
8 Wrench without fracture
10 Rind
11 Pays another's expenses
13 Reproved severely
16 Room for specific purpose
18 Scheme
20 Warbles when singing
21 Sport
22 Freed from anxiety

Down
2 Back of the neck
3 Restore to soundness
4 Mawkishly susceptible
5 Lower in standing
6 Petty quarrel
8 Is merciful to
9 Harvest
12 Saloon cars
14 One disturbing the peace
15 Plaything
17 Partly open
18 Fish
19 Drug-yielding plant

Cryptic 5212


Across
1 Then disturbed, employed one looking ardent
7 Catch sight of an agent from the East
8 When in Paris, point to that giving pain
10 Take cover from John, ye ken?
11 In the East tarts are considered to be luxuries
13 Severely reproved for picking it when red and in its prime
16 There's a room but no love for little Sally in it
18 Scheme to get most of the planet
20 Tills to the right and happily sings while doing it
21 In the morning, for example, is when to play it
22 Comforted, yet ever lied about

Down
2 Take a pen and you'll get it in the neck
3 She always has a way to make things right
4 It's that Aussie bloke that's so emotionally tender
5 The dean meets me and considers me lower in standing
6 A petty quarrel held in the past
8 Is merciful to those held as replacements
9 How to harvest pear
12 South in the Andes is where you'll find such vehicles
14 Or tire about being seen as a troublemaker
15 It's old and left out for some little girl
17 A container that's partly open
18 Catch fish with a pointed stick
19 Love to drink it and it's drug-yielding too
 

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