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Across
1. Author of detective stories
featuring Superintendent Dalziel
and Inspector Pascoe (8,4)
7. Name given to the River Thames at
Oxford and upstream (4)
11. An allowance or payment on a daily
basis (3,4)
12. A port on the Cumberland River in
Tennessee, site of the
entertainment complex Opryland USA (9)
13. The right of self-government (8)
14. Spanish composer born in 1806, a
child prodigy who died at the age
of 20 (7)
16. A Spanish sausage of which the
chief ingredient is pork (7)
17. Spend the summer in a state of
torpor (9)
18. A common wild flower also known as
fireweed (7,10)
22. A complex situation or muddle (5,4)
25. Any tropical lizard of the genus
Varanus, supposed to give warning
of the approach of crocodiles (7)
27. Country situated between Angola
and the Cape Province of South
Africa (7)
28. A smooth greasy healing or
cosmetic preparation for the skin (8)
30. An ornamental shoulder-piece on a
uniform (9)
31. An elderly person with outmoded
ideas (3,4)
32. A granite paving block (4)
33. Submission without protest (12)
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Down
1. A number of pearls strung together (4)
2. Talkative, especially on trivial
matters (9)
3. The capital of Kenya (7)
4. The study of the physical
phenomena of lakes and other fresh
waters (9)
5. American essayist and poet known
as 'the hermit of Walden' (5,5,7)
6. Sailors from India or south-east
Asia (7)
8. A seedless raisin used in
puddings, cakes, etc (7)
9. Swedish tennis player, Wimbledon
winner in 1988 and 1990 (6,6)
10. A conspectus or general survey (8)
15. People who spread frightening
reports or rumours (12)
19. Team game believed to have been
invented in 1839 by West Point
cadet Abner Doubleday (8)
20. A flatfish, Microstomus kitt, of
the plaice family (5,4)
21. Popular musician who began his
career as pianist with the group
Bluesology (5,4)
23. A defensive wall with a broad top
and usually a stone parapet (7)
24. Able to be stretched without
permanent alteration of size or
shape (7)
26. Leading a roaming or wandering life (7)
29. Shipping forecast area to the west
of Dogger (4)
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