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Prize 28727 - 9 April 2022 - set by Crucible for the Guardian
Across
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Make good magazine earlier (2,3,4)
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One inspects pupils losing way round Windows (5)
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Giving a boost to Jack's function (7)
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Top cleric's scripture class fills course (7)
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Either half of sweetbread (5)
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Bare contents of French well, by the sound of it (2,7)
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Mad Bojo is in fact admitting day's a reward for work? (3,12)
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Silk may be found in this elevated part of Wimbledon (4,5)
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Special day for old Roman teams (5)
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Mostly clean quarterdeck for hobby? (7)
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Server's first to stop backing horse (7)
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Liquid waste, a by-product of hard labour (5)
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Eg Central Park race is about to block country bumpkin there (3,2,4)
Down
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Orchestra catch up around start of joyful chorus (10)
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Lots of holes in this wood perhaps (4,4)
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Tax collecting? It's fun! (6)
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Mass inspires fashionable man on board (4)
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Working out goalie's job, one appearing in paper (7,3)
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Solve Times cryptic crossword, initially at home? (8)
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A posh couple's foreign 6? (2,4)
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Help plan last first (4)
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I see a scavenger going round creating flyers (10)
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Brown maybe settles on skip (10)
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Current noble's relations (8)
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River Test's vigour (8)
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Information about a way to tidy beds (6)
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Analyst's quiet place for bowling (6)
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One's often driven in job (4)
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Tied up by strapping American (4)