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Quick 17187 - 6 June 2025 - for the Guardian
Across
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Get to grips (with) (7)
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Declare invalid (7)
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___ and Old Lace, 1944 comedy directed by Frank Capra (7)
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Requested but not yet supplied (2,5)
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Room at the top? (5)
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Suffering from insomnia (9)
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Show the limits (of something) (9)
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Words of casual conversation (5)
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Unlawful (7)
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Learned (7)
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(Old-fashioned) British police officers (7)
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Guy Fawkes’ crime (7)
Down
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Tropical fruit used in jams and jellies (5)
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Something valuable (5)
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Picnicker Stan – terrified (anag) (5-8)
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Scramble using a cipher (6)
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It’s measured with an arm cuff (5,8)
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Tricky question (6)
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Eastern Mediterranean island (6)
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Weighty book (4)
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Discarded bit of banana (4)
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Insipid, sentimental (6)
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Play croquet with one (6)
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Confirm (6)
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Spanish farewell (5)
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Pick up (information) (5)