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Sunday Times Cryptic
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Very grateful for all help with these clues please.
1ac: “Chippy’s board left off fish (4).”
5dn: “Cakes filled with a hundred wicked things seen here (7).”
7dn: “Rifle fire by a parting force (7).”
14ac: “Chain, one that’s six feet, keeping large mammals back (6).”
20dn: “Course support needed tense university student (5).”
1ac: “Chippy’s board left off fish (4).”
5dn: “Cakes filled with a hundred wicked things seen here (7).”
7dn: “Rifle fire by a parting force (7).”
14ac: “Chain, one that’s six feet, keeping large mammals back (6).”
20dn: “Course support needed tense university student (5).”
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1a Carp(enter) - a chippy, "board" left off 5d Sconces (for candles; wicked things) - 'C' (hundred, in) 'scones' 7d Ransack - 'a' (parting; in) 'R(oyal) N(avy)' (force) + 'sack' (fire) 14a Anklet - 'ant' ([ha]s six feet, keeping) 'elk' (back) 20d Tutee - 't(ense) u(ni) tee (course support)'
14:56 Sun 08th Mar 2020