Mercury (Hobart)

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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Rep to see about diet when old and feeble

7 Replace downed player partly overcome by server

8 More uncanny stranger

1 0 The man is looking about getting slim

11 We can strike out boldly on our tricycles

1 3 Ruled rage is out of order when made to run smoothly

1 6 Normal nonsense from a bright looking bird

1 8 Pass over indomitabl­y

20 Breathe out and come to an end

2 1 The Prime Minister is to meet with some really wicked ones

22 Hut and yards to be moved within a week

DOWN

2 Weapon the peers used

3 Just to make things turbulent – Oi! Left the first right!

4 A carrying case for wine by a fellow with a crook ute

5 I put on a hat and it suits me as an islander

6 Seemed to hold back interbreed­ing plants

8 Parent members trick into danger

9 Tolled a bell in wrangle upon tower

1 2 Ed’s having tea and looking composed

1 4 Disquiet discovered at the UN when at repose

1 5 Shortly disseminat­e a goods vehicle

1 7 Sets one’s sights on ambitions

1 8 Chooses to stop movement

1 9 A fair maiden’s name for some lady’s middle one

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS

1 Worn out

7 Served a winner

8 More weird

1 0 Man’s name

11 Three-wheeler bikes

1 3 Made flow evenly

1 6 A bird

1 8 Leave out

20 Become invalid

2 1 Mischievou­s children

22 A part of a week

DOWN

2 Duelling sword

3 Disquiet

4 Large travelling bag

5 A society Island

6 Special group of plants

8 Trick into danger

9 Chimed

1 2 Placid

1 4 Uncertaint­y

1 5 Game before final

1 7 Intentions

1 8 Makes a choice

1 9 Girl’s name

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