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BLANKOUT

A crossword you construct yourself, adding the answers and the blanks as you go. The clues are in sets of one, two, three or four, guiding you to one, two, three or four words in each line (across) or column (down) indicated at the beginning of each set of clues. Each complete word has a blank at its beginning and end (unless it’s at the edge of the grid). Blanks are arranged symmetrically. To help you, we’ve given you a start with the answer to the clue on Line 10 – ‘Long-term custom’ – which yields the word ‘Usage’. This must sit in the centre of the line to preserve the symmetry.

ACROSS

2 One after the other

4 Package; Clear, absolve

6 Habitual; Moaning Minnie

8 Japanese art of folding paper;

31-day month

10 Healthy; Long-term custom;

Toy for flying

12 Cut with small quick strokes;

Large sea; Exhale, blow

14 Jewelled baton; Small dish for

cigarette butts

16 Division; Made to look small

18 Put on (a play); Flat, round

straw hat

20 Not spoilt

DOWN

B Member of the genus Equus;

Small recess in a wall

C Chocolate-and-cream pastry;

Fruits such as lemons and limes

D Solidify, coalesce; Baby dog

E Large boa; Drive close behind

another vehicle

G Small European duck; French fries; Opposite of ‘dirty’; Traditional Highland weapon

H Lumberjack’s tool

I Fish usually bought canned;

Unfair or immoral action;

Prize; Seethe

K Unrest; Migraine

L Acorn-bearing tree; Blistering

M Needleworker’s pastime;

Grassland areas for farm animals

N Occurrence; Illuminated

distress signal

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