| CRYPTIC NO. 38 |
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| ACROSS 1 Returns to fortunetellers, I hear. (7) 5 Companies involved in paste from type of sugar. (7) 9 Friend is trailing North East Asian country. (5) 10 Shamefully lamenting position of vehicle? (9) 11 Church member's robe is cold, like footwear. (7) 12 Completely high, absorbed by child's plaything. (7) 13 Finish university race, seizing last bit of determination, stamina. (9) 15 Initially rend half your manuscript's end! (5) 17 Send money back for stopwatch. (5) 19 Puce latex ensemble free of charge. (9) 22 Varnish found in French lake unending question. (7) 23 Come to a stop around north of Helsinki. (7) 25 Strangely, I'd been CEO for ability to take orders. (9) 26 Illustrated right into early morning. (5) 27 Kills, I hear, with horse-drawn vehicles. (7) 28 Certain to get five hollow "yeses" in questionnaires. (7) |
| DOWN 1 Long for start of coffee break in Ottawa mall. (9) 2 Against having page in newspaper covering post offices. (7) 3 One thousand left Ontario borders for residence in far North. (5) 4 Sens lack enthusiasm, have to loosen up. (7) 5 Remove top of wrist, then place in damaged leg cartilage. (7) 6 Terrible annual rut is not normal. (9) 7 Royal revolution has cover, backing. (7) 8 Citizen trying to expose point of access. (5) 14 Changing itinerary, with concerns over chiefly risky excursion. (9) 16 They never forget accident with the planes. (9) 18 Partner captures Argentinian radical with broad knife. (7) 19 Tasks in emergency rooms involving right return of DNA. (7) 20 Hundreds have bid for funds. (7) 21 Shake a part of the fence around it. (7) 22 Steals goods, overturning chair. (5) 24 Free an elevator to lowest level? (5) |