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Terribly evil! (4)
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ACROSS
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Terribly evil! (4)
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Organising thousand charitable gifts (4-4)
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Girl's first with simply tailored tunic (7)
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In the forest wee things chirp (5)
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Employed in nightclub as solo singer (5)
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Oscar's wild for clues like this (6)
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Child coming back to embrace crazy wanderers (6)
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Female was unwell and didn't succeed (6)
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Beast about ninety in American wagon (6)
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Short acknowledgement outside university for scoundrel (5)
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Girl seen in Milan, Italy? (5)
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Wrong grid one disregarded (7)
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Fish certainly from the right island (8)
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Hard wood needed for rudder (4)
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Wanderer in Virgina and Georgia â secret agent (8)
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Psalm about lights (5)
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Please ask for umpire's decision (6)
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Put off in high-altitude terrain (5)
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Bit of kitchen equipment just being still at regular intervals (7)
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Where badger may be failing test (4)
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Old man cracking a nut (6)
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Mend a dud mobile that wasn't there originally (8)
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Making fast call after beastly sound (7)
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Garments from the centre of Belarus for Poles (6)
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Rubies, if not set properly, can result in injury (6)
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The case presented by Socrates? (5)
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Wolf in ravine (5)
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Sparkling wine â central feature of a Majorca vacation (4)
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Daily Cryptic Crossword (2025-06-12)
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