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5. Ofconcern to the listener (4)


9. Boast about . dress (4)


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21. My goodness!. I type wrongly (5)


22. Such pomposi­ ty is not a front (4)


23. Falsely alleges in front of ministers (8)


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14. Entered the office uninvited (7)


15. Herald’s coat, thanks to the artist (6)


16. It’s heavenly under a treel (7 )


17. One would feel put out to be treated so (7)


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A - f Jv 1- 1 - /' * - www.clitheraeadvertlser.co.uk Thursday,NovemberZ7,2014 NEWS IN BRIEF:'


Get your tickets fop Christmas ball cash Golden success for charity get-together will help Abbeyfield William and Amy


A festive get-together packed with stalls selling gifts is being held at Billing- ton and Whalley Brass Band Club in aid of local charity Bella’sBubbleson Wednes­ day,December3rd. Tickets cost £5 and are avail­ able from Danielle on 07882 564162 or Shrona on 07896 697590. Guests will receive a complimentary glass of mulled wine and a mince pie. Bella’s Bubbles provides sensory bubble lamps to ne­ onatal intensive-care units and children’s centres.


Quick Clues: Across


1. Discretion (8) 5. Riches (4) 9. Heroic (4)


10. Teach (8) 11. Droll (5) 12. Copy (7) 13. Efficiency (13) 18. Rite (8) 19. Weary (4) 20. Trifling (7)


121. Earlier (5) 22. Profound (4) 23. Monocle (8)


A Christmas ball to raise funds for Abbeyfield is being held at The Inn at Whitewell on Friday, December 19th.


Abbeyfieldis a charity which provides housing, support


and care for people at differ­ ent stages of later life. Entertainment at the ball, which starts at 7 pm for 7-30 pm, will be provided by The


Backbeats and there will be a disco until midnight. For tickets, £35 each, call 01200 442550. A complimen­


tary glass of mulled wine will be served on arrival.


Down 2. Censure (7) 3. Mislead (7) 4. With stipulations (13)


6. ’ Rival (7) 7. Suitability (7) 8. Dress (6)


13. Inflamed (7) 14. Stealthy (7)


■ 15. Perpetrate (6) 16. Unaffected (7) .1 7 . Grave (7)


Clitheroe twins Amy and William Gaffney (19) were among 45 young people from Lancashire due to at­ tend the Duke of Edinburgh programme’s gold award


■ presentations, to be made by Prince Philip at St James’s Palace yesterday (Wednes­ day. Amy said: “The DofE gold award is a great oppor­ tunity to develop team build­ ing skills, challenge yourself and to find out what you are capable of thatyoumaynot


have been previously aware of.”


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DOUBLE CROSSWORD: Cryptic: Across: l Erring: 4 Profit; . 9 Before the mast; 10 Surgeon; 11 . Aphis; 12 Snack;i4 Atone; 18 Arena; 19 Ketchup; 21 Blotting-paper; 22 Taking; 23 Fringe. Down: 1 Emboss; 2 Reference-book; 3 Norse; 5 Re-enact; 6 Flash in the pan; 7 To task; 8 Stens; 13 Chasten; 15 Rabbit; 16 Eking; 17 Sparse; 20 Toper. Quick: Across: 1 Adjust; 4 Attach; 9 Corresponding; 10 Respect; 11 Frail; 12 Breed; 14 Slave; 18 Audit; 19 Culprit; 21 Consequential; 22 Pretty; 23 Craned. Down: 1 Accord; 2 Jurisprudence; 3 Sieve; 5 Tuneful; 6 Animadversion; 7 Haggle; 8 Spite; 13 Entreat; 15 Madcap; 16 Scour; 17 Stolid; 20 Lunar.


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Roman roads were the subject of author John Poulter’s talk to Clitheroe’s University of the Third Age. Mr Poulter’s interest began


as a boy when he lived near the Fosse Way in Leicestershire and he has since walked many hundreds of miles recording these highways. Normally 75 feet wide,


with ditches on either side and built up over quite siza­


ble boulders, the roads were always built as straight as pos­ sible, headingforthe horizon. The roads were part of an


overall plan for Britain and the Romans made a grid sys­ tem of many areas of the coun­ try before planning where to establish forts and settle; ments, with the roads form­ ing a vital connecting link between them. Two major ones heading


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