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Cryptic Ashes

Bun

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A quick cryptic crossword-style effort - some players and things past and present with some connection to the Ashes

1. Aussie bowler shows bottle (9)
2. South African import threw a wobbly (7, 5)
3. Bitter sweet? (6, 4)
4. Lab equipment sometimes found in Sydney (6, 6)
5. Run madly for the prize (3)
6. The friends from France I abandoned with an old keeper (3, 4)
7. Wild pony tricking chimp (5, 7)
8. Recommend Jody, for example, a one-time record holder (3, 6)
9. Victorious captain with large gun (3, 4)
10. Tourist reportedly wrote letter from America (8, 4)
7. Ricky Ponting
 

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More clues!

1) Captain unrests awards (6,6)
2) Kevin Smith told them (5,6)
3) Allrounder hopes for wanton Ashes (5,6)
4) Previous paint loses first of events (4, 5)
5) Cold wind blows in supremacy (6,5)
6) A Gem of an Ear to find this rare bird (6,5)
7) Look around a janitor, then no horseplay (8,5)
8) Flat wetland hills before the foreign home (3,9)
9) First seven of lame chins sleep around a bit (7,6)
10) Batsman returns in unbelievable circumstances (3, 4)

Have fun.
 

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