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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 One that Midas got off the hook? (8) 5 Just beautiful! (4) 9 Get involved in someone else’s business? (5) 10 Go in for modified coverage (7) 11 Obstruct the mail in capitals (5,7) 13 Evasive impudence in a secret agent (6) 14 It has a certain current value (6) 17 Infant prodigy is hardly to be marvelled at (6,6) 20 Start in rebuilt conveyance (7) 21 Aim to teach (5) 22 An infusion of energy (4) 23 Deadly feud conducted with relative bitterness? (8)
DOWN
1 Plucky pastime (4) 2 Rock singer (7) 3 Finish brilliantly in two languages (6,6) 4 For a leisurely walk, take a small street directory (6) 6 Blazing with a loud anger (5) 7 Record the range of one’s voice (8) 8 Am in act noted perhaps for being filthy (12) 12 Ladies to move far from the others (8) 15 The Spanish agent has turned smart (7) 16 New hats we put bands round (6) 18 Baggage vehicles? (5) 19 Peruvian in Spain cannot be understood (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Small intransigent faction (4,4) 5 Equitable (4) 9 Split asunder (5) 10 Three-pronged spear (7) 11 Hostile (12) 13 Like better (6) 14 Injury to a joint (6) 17 Quarrelsome (12) 20 Discharge (7) 21 A social group (5) 22 Lather (4) 23 Recklessly extravagant (8)
DOWN
1 Swift, rabbit-like animal (4) 2 Income (7) 3 Significant (12) 4 Often repeated actions (6) 6 Prevent from happening (5) 7 Uncommunicative (8) 8 Lively and bold (4-8) 12 Plausible but wrong (8) 15 Funny (7) 16 Pin for meat in cooking (6) 18 Famous (5) 19 Distribute playing cards (4)