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Quick 16981 - 8 October 2024 - for the Guardian
Across
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Nips – little children (4)
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Get near (8)
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First-rate (1-3)
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Click (3,2,3)
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Close calls (4,6)
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Nuts about this sweet? (6)
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Light touch (6)
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I lent Carol (anag) – insect repellent (10)
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One chews the cud (8)
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Mountain lake (4)
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Comical poetry (8)
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Bit of earth (4)
Down
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Puppy or potty? (8)
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Where alcohol’s under lock and key (8)
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Fastidious (6)
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Cowboy’s fake sparkler (10)
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Excited (4)
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Fit of pique (4)
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Eagerness – at mince pie (anag) (10)
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Reading aloud of names (4,4)
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Held up – or banged up (8)
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Squirm with embarrassment (6)
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Reminder (4)
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Pleased with oneself (4)