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Speedy 1496 - 9 June 2024 - for the Guardian
Across
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Molten rock (5)
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Sympathetic relationship (7)
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The purging of emotions (9)
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Field (3)
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Unstressed vowel sound (5)
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Set of three (7)
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Untreated leather (7)
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From an ancient Greek region – kind of bond in chemistry (5)
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Triumphed – Asian currency (3)
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Filled puff pastry case (3-2-4)
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Rowdy (7)
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Discernment (5)
Down
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Hits hard (6)
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City on Kyushu (8)
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Shake hands with voters (5,3,5)
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Musical work (4)
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Eponymous Daniel Defoe protagonist (4,8)
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Royal house of Scotland and Britain (6)
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Become afraid (3,3,4,2)
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Wickedness (8)
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Recompense (6)
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Sailing vessel – knife, maybe (6)
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Early stringed instrument (4)