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Cryptic crossword No 30163 published in The Guardian

The Guardian has published Cryptic crossword No 30163 featuring clues about nanotech shares and cricket shots.

Clues cover various topics

The puzzle includes seven letters for a representative cricket shot in the ninth across slot. A nine letter answer describes a prison number one turning up after extra time in a pit. Another eight letter clue asks about dialectical battles to rule a school environment. An eight letter entry questions if a drug is missing when encountering back trouble.

Specific answers are listed

A four letter word starts to dwindle as observers notice first light in the sky. Five letters define MI6 last vestiges of moral fibre within the sixteen across section. Four letters represent German froideur that has been cut into pieces by a sharp knife. A five and three letter phrase involves Harry taking a boat to get something for a barbie.

More complex entries appear

The twentieth and twenty third clues form a comic to go on about an opportunity to spoil a vote. Nine letters identify mopped gents inside the nipper referenced in the twenty first down clue. Four letters modify doctrines in sciences slightly at the very beginning of the process. Seven letters describe stealthily abandoning farmland while moving from east to west directions.

Final clues complete grid

Seven letters capture staff who swore vehemently while accepting a hollow rank in the final slot. The reader receives advice to buy shares in nanotechnology according to the fifth across instruction. This free volume one edition contains these specific instructions for solving each numbered line.

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