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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Leave some to join in (4,4) 5 Boss of Animal Farm say (4) 9 Plants that have their points (5) 10 One may put out in it for instruction (7) 11 Pass our plan for interior decoration (6,6) 13 Show errors in a feature lacking a proper revision (6) 14 Takes sweetheart and runs (6) 17 Burial fees? (5,7) 20 They see that their papers are in order (7) 21 Suppose it’s nothing long (5) 22 Fall off farm building perhaps (4) 23 It may be read twice with an expression of dismay (4,4)
DOWN
1 Staple food? (4) 2 Recoil from first act of play (4,3) 3 Gave spot cash? (4,2,3,3) 4 Trader upset by delay (6) 6 Thread becomes tangled in wet (5) 7 Unusual Sudanese entertainer (8) 8 Travel for people who want to get around (8,4) 12 Advance promotion (8) 15 Exact point covered by the summary (7) 16 Virtuous but possibly cheats (6) 18 I shake a leg about being nimble (5) 19 Close to being miserly (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Small fragrant shrub (8) 5 Practise boxing (4) 9 Drained of energy (5) 10 Manufactured item (7) 11 Permanent (12) 13 Dutiful reverence (6) 14 Community in general (6) 17 Be in no hurry (4,4,4) 20 Trash (7) 21 North American elk (5) 22 Cry of an animal (4) 23 A woodwind instrument (8)
DOWN
1 Growing abundantly (4) 2 Country of southeast Asia (7) 3 No alternative (7,3,2) 4 Bring to light (6) 6 Vertical (5) 7 Introduce economies (8) 8 Calmly audacious individual (4,8) 12 Art of persuasive speaking (8) 15 Satirical attack (7) 16 Capable of causing death (6) 18 Capital of Afghanistan (5) 19 Object of laughter (4)