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Mini crossword No 240 · MyCrossword

Solve Mini crossword No 240 on MyCrossword. 7x7 grid with 6 clues by pozorvlak. Published Wed 1 Apr 2026. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

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Ancient city, above all, unfinished (6)

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Source: Times 27189 https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2036536.html

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Perform in French before a court (5)

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Source: Times Cryptic 26522 https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1596904.html

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Negative thinkers sit in his complex outside Lima (9)

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Source: Times 27819 https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2438079.html

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This is the 21st horseman, you could say, dispatching a Yankee (7)

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Source: Times Cryptic No 26982 https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1910402.html

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Almost guarantee fellow is rebellious type (9)

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Source: Quick Cryptic 472 https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1443467.html

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Wicked no end, group of students hanging round one capital city (7)

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Source: Times 27,059 https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1955239.html

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Stop to make a speech about international decline (11)

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Source: Sunday Times 4733 https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1688335.html

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Pick up new rating (3)

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Source: Times 27220 https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2055040.html

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Regret being endlessly cruel (3)

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Source: Times Quick Cryptic No 1469 https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2228352.html

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