The Chronicle

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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Across 1. Locket kaput? Try another at random (4,3,4)

9. Some camel hair kaftans will get on your nerves (3) 10. Rope gag us by arrangemen­t, but only certain decades of birth dates (3,6)

11. Admitted when suet will follow (5)

13. Flowers for faeries (7) 14. Albert goes to the bay for recess (6)

16. Picture showers (6) 18. Harsher when nearer to the back of the boat? (7)

19. Bus driver will admit he has spilled the beans (3,2) 20. Slaps Alma on a Canary Island (3,6)

21. Still to happen (3) 22. Airport or mill workers? (6,5) Down 2. A ship for couples only (3) 3. No top toeplate – now that will make you happy (5)

4. Just short of the correct number but unique (3,3)

5. Where they keep food in Russian vehicles by the sound of it (7)

6. Semi-cults are the most cumbersome (9)

7. Speculate I’m to be buried for the future (4,7)

8. Kill a couple of donkeys who get tinea unfortunat­ely (11)

12. Copper returns with reformed crosses as the new leader (9)

15. A vehicle with two sheep around at the island (7)

17. Put in the picture falsely (6) 19. A light from the gondola serenader (5)

21. Find a way back after deviating from a straight course (3)

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