The Chronicle

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across 1. Precise directions (7) 5. Frilled material in Cadillac, Edward (5)

8. Musician not so maladjuste­d to be hypocritic­al (13)

9. Stay back from the edge in quagmire (3)

10. Removes port suits at sea and surpasses expectatio­ns (9)

12. Imprison in a certain order reportedly (6)

13. Pastries for deer by the sound of it (6)

15. Comprehens­ive company given it, collapsed (9)

16. Sprawls every second for friend (3)

18. Offensive dusters, blackens rusks deplorably (5,8)

20. A European address in India is a hibiscus haven (5)

21. Withstands sapper spies in back street (7) Down 1. Step part may be an early one? (5)

2. Hot campaigner for projector (13)

3. I pour port to make sweet herbal fragrance (3-6)

4. See Tim about Assyrian (6) 5. He’s the man from U.N.C.L.E. neverthele­ss (3)

6. Pickles pa? No go for these fruit then (7,6) 7. Withdraws around side streets (7)

11. Swept once to find old small change (9)

12. Evil spirit in copper transport (7)

14. Lunch from the Red Inn? (6) 17. Registers catalogues (5) 19. Cry in virtuoso ballet performanc­e (3)

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