PA Puzzles - Crossword

PA Puzzles - Crossword

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1 A hero's useless on land (6)
4 Sounds like a strange cat in trouble (6)
9 Pine for something to decorate at Yuletide (9,4)
10 Swamped by vulgar Vera and Ron (7)
11 Up high in an attic (5)
12 A rapid slide? (5)
14 Rod is one of many on the payroll (5)
18 Make certain, having no right to follow (5)
19 Patrol Leader rested and was glad (7)
21 Unusual roost I light on as I study birds (13)
22 Brood upon rubbish? (6)
23 A note which may induce sourness when returned (6)

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1 Mythical Charon - a rock in a sea of storms (6)
2 Fool around and box with a crank - it'll make you conkers! (5,8)
3 Step upright with one who climbs (5)
5 Young pup puts rat in place (7)
6 Spoken repetitively like Polly? (6-7)
7 Small and common but offering protection from a blade (6)
8 Alter the last word at the bottom of the card (5)
13 Performance here at three, perhaps (7)
15 Wind up in retreat? (6)
16 Reel when reversing figures-of-eight (5)
17 Boss makes you redo it differently (6)
20 Wear down Queen with short poem (5)

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