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Across 3— I’m in a race for life. (9) 8— They absorb hearsay, and vice-versa. (4) 9— Gregarious type a barman should be. (4, 5) 10— Comment about foreign currency. (6) 11— Black or brown fur. (5) 14—Some of the mounties may. apply for release. (5) Ijj Sc 6 3 key agent. (4) 16— Out-of-date transport making an elegant come-back. (5) 18— It may be the making of a man! (4) 20— It is sung in church, I believe. (5) 21— Broken bone I set for a woman in tears. (5) 24— Sounds like a passable romance. (6) 25— Make a successful attempt at proving a beard is false (4, 2,3) 26— It’s in poor taste to let it stand. (4) 27— A bad forecaster. (9) Down 1— Turned up among the more prominent features. (9) 2— A burning romance somehow holds it up. (9) 4— No permission for a recess. (4) 5— Agencies that inform me before help comes up. (5) 6— A sweet little thing to play with. (6) 7— Frank is no writer. (4) 9—Welcome cry up North. (5) 11— Disturb for a moment. (5) 12— Not one’s mother tongue but could be paters one. (9) 13— He pretends their copy is spoiled. (9) 17— Mock food. (5) 19— We slid around before finding controls. (6) 22— Stick no label upside-down. (5) 23— Turns up with a mother cat. (4) 24— Arise for flying men, now well off. (4) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Dam; 3, Composed; 8, Rove; 9, Stations; 11, Single-minded; 13, Oceans; 14, Angler, 17, Construction; 20, Engraved; 21, Menu; 22, Entreaty, 23, Isle. Down: 1, Derision; 2, Revenue; 4, On time; 5, Put on an act; 6, Store; 7, Dash; 10, Blank space; 12, Iron rule; 15, Loiters; 16, Urgent; 18, Ought; 19, Mete. .