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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 7 Cook hard type of fruity vegetable 8 I pass judgment on performance when angry 9 An animal from old classical novels 1 0 Come out slowly and finish with a tear 11 Avoid giving a direct answer for such a fence 1 3 A rodent with spines to crop up in the end 1 7 Harvest first crop inside then go over it again 1 9 Stormy behaviour starts from unseemly raucous yelling 20 Ape can show such a little vegetable 22 Move to the music in grand ancestral castle 23 Creep along to subjugate oneself DOWN 1 Large numbers of simple contemptible people 2 Member of the tuna family in carbon it offsets 3 Legless creature in a lady’s silk wrap 4 Ships may endlessly suffer such unfortunate events 5 Settled accounts with personal assistance 6 Be ready to go all around the enemy 12 New cups for each one in opening in a ship 14 Poor nag out to get some confection 15 Commonly ill-mannered and unrefined 16 Everything I have depicted in a type of wattle tree 18 Has ability to start insincere statements 21 Leading sportsman’s top card

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS 7 A vine fruit 8 Angry 9 A mule 1 0 Leak slowly 11 Plant barrier 1 3 Spiny animal 1 7 Explain again 1 9 Anger 20 Small pellet 22 Ballroom action 23 Creep along DOWN 1 Large quantities 2 A type of fish 3 Large reptile 4 Accidents 5 Gave money to 6 Surround 12 Ship’s vent 14 A type of sweet 15 Roughly built 16 Type of wattle 18 Salient angle 21 Top player