CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Tropical bird (5) 6 Currency units (5) 9 Arthurian knight (7) 10 Reject (5)

11 Allude (5)

12 Derision (5) 13 Musical ending (7) 15 Tier (3)

17 Minerals (4) 18 Dress (6) 19 Practises boxing (5) 20 Disprove (6) 22 African country (4) 24 Insect (3) 25 Stimulus (7)

26 Play (5)

27 Moroccan capital (5) 28 Without (5) 29 Esteems (7) 30 Celebrated (5) 31 Fraction (5)

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3 Tallies (6)

4 Pale (3)

5 Jousting weapon (5) 6 Root vegetables (7) 7 Biblical garden (4) 8 Quake (6)

12 Range (5)

13 Snake (5)

14 Dutch earthenware (5) 15 Correct (5) 16 Unwanted plants (5) 18 Scent (5)

19 Began (7)

21 Hire (6)

22 Shade of red (6) 23 Month (6)

25 Force (5)

26 Challenge (4) 28 Encountered (3)