Breast Cancer Now Answers

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The quiz raised £303. There were 240 all correct entries returned.
Winners were M Hutton, Weymouth and S Potter, Peebles.

1 Confess to getting in (9) ADMISSION/ ADMITTING
2 Elvis’s shoes are down in the dumps (4) BLUE
3 Very near a street with no other exit (5) CLOSE
4 Copy from baby’s bed (4) CRIB
5 Express pleasure about carrion (4) CROW
6 Dart off as used in a hyphenated word (4) DASH
7 Consumption of food in a political assembly (4) DIET
8 Hound a hound (3) DOG
9 Not up little bird’s feathers (4) DOWN
10 Demand from in a precise way (5) EXACT
11 Tire out at rear of car (7) EXHAUST
12 The reason which contributes to having an intermediary (6) FACTOR
13 Cigarette is a lackey at Eton perhaps (3) FAG
14 Nose to tail with a preservative (3) JAM
15 Pour milk from in a place of incarceration (3) JUG
16 Captain’s book records blocks of wood (3) LOG
17 Have great desire for a great distance (4) LONG
18 Thump a fruity drink concoction (5) PUNCH
19 Group of people in running competition (4) RACE
20 Added to an agreement like someone on horseback (5) RIDER
21 Dishonestly arrange North Sea structure (3) RIG
22 Called up on a ladder (4) RUNG
23 Herb is a wise person (4) SAGE
24 Secure all edges of one who lives in the sea (4) SEAL
25 Put letters in the correct order – particularly those of a witch (5) SPELL
26 Firmly fixed for horses (6) STABLE
27 Change over with an old form of punishment (6) SWITCH
28 Put on the agenda for an item of furniture (5) TABLE
29 Gentle process of bidding for work (6) TENDER
30 Blasts of air get the watch working (4) WIND