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Crossword No. 967 by Angela Newing


Across

 1 Durham’s original organ is highly valued (4)

 3 Christmas travellers about to go by jet? Wicked practice (5,5)

 8 Young chap who might not yet need one! (6)

 9 King, one acting as Paul’s kinsman in Romans (8)

10 Army’s confused about name — somewhere now called Izmir (6)

11 Kind of giant Ian found, a Jesuit (8)

12 Two ducks intend to go out in the middle of the day (8)

14 Said to sound like a bell (4)

16 Woman in the temple going to and fro (4)

18 Exercises by prisoner, Scot following old monk (8)

19 Liberal Roman? (8)

20 One of the Boat Race crew? (6)

21 Concerning one who looks or who looks back (8)

22 Boss’s article in newspaper (6)

23 Left and Right troubled about this former Cabinet Secretary? (4,6)

24 Dash around to get fish (4)

Down

 1 Very small explosive charge which could make thud with toss (8)

 2 Vicar perhaps getting upset always with tear dropping (8)

 3 Stop girl of 4 finishing with some song (9)

 4 A hymn and a story (1,9,5)

 5 Wild ground — time to find somewhere for tying up (7)

 6 A terrible thing for Lawrence or Ingrid possibly (8)

 7 Leader of choir soon becoming a cathedral priest (5)

13 Motorist must cover a certain distance? One’s talking idiotically (9)

15 Something remaining right under? No, exactly the opposite (8)

16 Mixes a horse with some sheep (8)

17 At 5 a new boring task beginning to dawn (8)

18 One of many following the Psalms (7)

19 Girl confused at the end of 4 (5)

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