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Friday, May 16, 2025

Cryptic • by DA

1		2		3			4	5		6		7		8
						9
10										11

12				13
														14
15								16		17		18

19				20		21				22

	23	24				25						26
27
28						29

30									31

Note: Four clues, entailing wordplay only, own 27-down 28-across as a definition. All other clues are normal.

Across

Down

E

N

T

R

A

P

P

A

C

K

E

D

T

O

X

E

P

S

R

I

O

R

P

A

L

M

O

L

I

V

E

L

I

V

E

S

I

E

S

D

N

O

E

O

R

E

V

T

H

E

R

A

F

T

E

R

S

Y

I

L

V

O

A

D

I

S

B

E

L

I

E

F

N

E

A

R

S

A

O

E

E

P

T

T

U

R

N

S

W

E

N

T

W

O

R

T

H

E

E

T

A

I

E

D

I

S

A

P

P

E

A

R

S

L

A

W

S

R

S

I

N

H

F

O

O

P

E

R

A

D

A

Y

S

O

F

O

U

R

A

N

L

O

L

U

O

L

P

R

E

S

T

I

G

E

S

T

Y

L

E

D

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/puzzles/crosswords/cryptic/2025-05-16