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Across 3— Discard volume of cuttings? (9) 8— Squander colour. (4) 9— Flower named after motor people. (9) 10- Thus having to depend grievously. (6) 11— Please without a bad time for dreaming. (5) 14— Makes contact at gatherings. (5) 15— Stood up flower. (4) 16— Odds, paradoxically it would seem. (5) 18— A requirement of fine editions. (4) 20— Teach to be dishonest. (5) 21— Rule out bread production. (5) 24— Empty talk may send the balloon up! (3, 3) 25— Cartographer’s contribution to easing tension? (6, 3) 26— A voice of unusual tonal quality. (4) 27— Picture vegetating? (5, 4) Down 1— Degradation in a storey below street level. (9) 2— Assigned to lodgings in four parts. (9) 4— put down soil. (4) 5— Expunge article from yearly publication. (5) 6— Apparently the gambler has recovered. (6) 7— One loses heart after the old boy produces an instrument. (4) 9—loo are defeated, but the margin was narrow. (5) 11— Guide a beast. (5) 12— Athletic contest in cellar at one of earth’s extremes? (4, 5) 13— In which the landlord’s mail goes? (6-3) 17— Shovel dreamt of by reporter? (5) 19— Lie and make statement of rebuttal. (6) 22— Terrible, but almost legal! (5) 23— The others have a break. (4) 24— Not ail of a lethal formula. (4) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Ibex;. 3, Abruptly; 8, Sups; 9, Creditor; 11, Low countries; 13. Tirade; 14, Pirate; 17, Health resort; 20, Esteemed; 21, Stow; 22, Port-side; 23, Deed. Down: 1, Insulate; 2, Empower; 4, Boring; 5, Underlines; 6, Tithe; 7, Yarn; 10, Gondoliers; 12, Bestowed; 15, Apostle; 16, Shield; 18. Enter; 19, Peep.