The Archive · 1940

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1A high flier with a long tail (5) 4 Light control determines its flow (7) 8 Weight in stones (3) 9 Beware of meeting him 1 the neck (9) o Tt You get 10 Go slow (7) 11 Military movement in winter? (5) 12 Hop it for a game (6) 14 A matchless substitute? (6) 17 Lead, for example (5)

They will shotty give us food for ey will short 22 Useful cap for a footballer (3) 20 Island corn for the goat (9 23 Unwanted growth (7) 24 The dentist has lost it in cavities (5)

1 Sword with which to sever the girl?

apped, or take care we hear (5) 5 "China Celt" (anag.) (9) 3 A ragged fellow attached to De Mahon (6) 5 A very pale blonde (3) 6 Defeated in argument (7) 7 A worthless kind of penny (5) 11 Wet mist on Dee (9) 131t is well armed to work with suckers (T) 15 Breakfast slices (7) 16 Meditates upon the baby birds? (6) 17 Pilgrim's goal (5) 19 Many times ten to finish (5)-^ 21 Off from the office (3)

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