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PUZZLE 15699

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Sleepy state? (4,2,3)

8 Left in a unit entirely without support? (5) 9 Hard stone field used for playing baseball (7) 10 Wrong sector for a ship accompanying a

convoy (6)

11 A steep change in Spanish currency (6) 12 He’ll be only a second (6-2)

15 Complete gathering of men for a board

meeting (5,3)

18 It’s natural to find an hotel and eat out (6) 20 A song for Iolanthe, maybe (6)

21 Aren’t in order to go by rail (7)

22 Dog that is scientifically famous (5)

23 Said something quickly and staggered away

(6,3)

DOWN

2 A taste that is similar (5)

3 A girl distributes medals (6)

4 Cultural pursuits penalise skills (4,4)

5 Mother and child in a jam, perhaps (6)

6 Paints a flag? (7)

7 100-foot creeper unwanted in the garden (9) 11 Maybe a place to rest when given the cane

badly (9)

13 Grand perhaps and of more than local interest

(8)

14 Many years in the Roman army (7)

16 A sticker for the traditional method of

roasting (6)

17 Disturbed drones didn’t enjoy quiet

retirement (6)

19 A quiet removal man? (5)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

DOWN

1 Reduce to submission (9) 8 Avoid adroitly (5) 9 Stipulation (7)

10 Pamper (6)

11 List fully (6)

12 Extol conspicuously (8) 15 Anonymous (8)

18 Sullen (6)

20 Away from the coast (6) 21 Courage (7)

22 Innermost part (5) 23 Pretentious (4-5)

2 Brink (5)

3 To manifest (6)

4 No longer useful (8) 5 Spring back (6) 6 Abnormally large (7)

7 A four-sided figure (9) 11 Frank (9)

13 To sully (8)

14 A blend (7)

16 A specified distance (6) 17 Nonsense (6)

19 Scatter (5)