Cryptic Crossword Solution on page 38 Across
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1. Conduct some form of credit (6)
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4. Fish cut up powerfully (8) 9. Get con to be convincing (6)
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13. First German weapon, look (6) 15. Loose grains found in odds and ends (4)
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10. Apron info a rep used (8) 12. Former rung that’s praised (8)
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16. Alien to form a protective cover (7)
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20. Propeller on a boat, a Roman’s invention (7)
1. Ace reeds bent or cut (8)
14. Angered in some way (7)
21. Containers turned to break suddenly (4)
2. At origin making pasta (8)
17. Page doll turned and ran (8)
25. Failed turning far from home (6)
3. A wicked lightsource! (6)
18. Dateline somehow involved (8)
26. Move to cereal, perhaps (8)
5. Eye part, a part of Sir Isaac? (4)
19. Greek sheep in a compound (8)
28. Dishonest work for a builder? (3-2,3)
6. Panic Hal into becoming a padre (8)
22. Prevent the progress of a picnic basket? (6)
29. Hot stuff sounding cold! (6)
7. Sum provided by a rise (6)
23. A US hit about interruption (6)
30. Tenant of a topless leader (8)
8. I go to Leeds to find this fuel (6)
24. Herb to brew for trouble (6)
31. Dull room for an author (6)
11. Sadness about a code? (7)
27. Either way it’s midday (4)
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