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Puzzle Solutions – Edition 89

Crossword

Across:

6 DD D1 = it’s gripping D2 = the speed (clip) at which schoolchildren travel in a train (crocodile) QM for whimsy

8 S (the front off stream) + TRAIN (locomotive) = STRAIN (pull)

9 CHE + CHE (revolutionary twins) + N(egotiate) = CHECHEN (Russian, i.e. they carry Russian passports)

10 CD

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