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Quick 17131 - 2 April 2025 - for
the Guardian
Across
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Protective spirit (8,5)
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Towards the back of the boat (3)
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Necessary (9)
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Garden store (4,4)
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Self-referential (4)
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Crosser? (6)
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Cross (6)
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Ski lift (1-3)
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South American monkey (8)
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Poor-quality (5-4)
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Romantic promise (1,2)
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Financial record (4,9)
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Hard, skin or bone? (5)
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Ruritania oath (anag) – demanding absolute obedience (13)
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Equestrian sport (8)
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Novelist buried in Winchester Cathedral (6)
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____ Wintour, Vogue editor-in-chief (4)
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V2 rocket, for example (6,7)
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Cradle song (7)
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Opening night (8)
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Wallow in it (7)
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Bread fruit? (6)
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Oily fish (5)
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Probability (4)