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   Azed Crossword No. 1739 Solution
     
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Across
1 Letter from Israel suggesting riftth? (6)
6 Big ace crashing? One retains what ends in the drink maybe (6, 2 words)
11 Uncultivated land I urge must be developed, pursuing cause (8)
12 Unfinished things? Reverse of worthless stuff, with appeal (6)
13 Engraved metalwork showing old-fashioned approach, badly turned (6)
14 Scots equivalent of hock, vintage with no end of flavour in it (4)
15 First signs of baby is always seen in significant bulge (4)
16 Having staked one's all thus (?), lo! Horses still running? (9)
17 Condition involving new and old pain for Italian monk (11)
19 Cutting in version of a bible reading that's fit for cutting (11)
25 Smooth transverse decoration on chest? (9, 2 words)
28 Not a sound in secluded spot (4)
29 Former local, close to street (4)
30 Knight (otherwise horse), following traditional lines (6)
31 Gilt ware in formo lussuoso (6)
32 Nuns and such primates with energy may reform impious sinner (8)
33 Refuse is kept in reserve (6)
34 Fast bowler deceived tail-enders in spell before close (6)
 
Down
1 Wife, a beauty, one of many on Dorothy's road? (12, 2 words)
2 Insectivore: in some localities they relish one (6)
3 Voice in sickness raised for drug to fight malaria (6)
4 Marry old crone, hard (5)
5 Probably not what Miss Muffet said as greeting - not 'er, bristling? (6)
6 Old dunce - one summoned up zilch (6)
7 Ian's first into minced cutlet curry, Scots-style (7)
8 Fails to justify confidence, female giving way to sons finally (6)
9 Old silk, unfortunately with a bit of tear in it (5)
10 Eiger's subtle winds - setting for electric discharge (12)
18 They'll lap feeble lights losing lead (7)
20 Advertising ploys exciting to boss (6)
21 Unseen degeneration Conservative radical forsaking centre must reverse (6, 2 words)
22 Look into gum substitute as protection for footwear (6)
23 Natural lubricant on climbing I found in Indian tree (6)
24 Banks, possibly, what'll make Els shift position of ball? (6)
26 Scots praise nothing in what betokens England (5)
27 Sun's reverse of insubstantial in ME land (5)
     


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