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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 A serial killer is trained to be durable (9) 8 Man of property, three quarters in gold (5) 9 Current source for guns (7) 10 The players stand in front of the French chateau (6) 11 Make a cat sit still (6) 12 Having paid, he recovers (8) 15 Makes a start for example in water sports (8) 18 In truth the first drink is included (6) 20 Increasing keenness (6) 21 Dance apace (3-4) 22 Point out a French resort of relative importance (5) 23 A fine commotion over a sandy waste (4,5)

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2 Inclined to write an article in fast time (5) 3 Property of the Oriental Express (6) 4 EC man new reactor; a case for uranium (8) 5 Small number turned up in time to be present (6) 6 No great matter in a New York examining body? (7) 7 Space for the rest of the actors (5,4) 11 Looking for loose change sir? (9) 13 Clearly not as others are (8) 14 In age so twisted suffering pains (7) 16 Inclined to be guarded (6) 17 It’s reddish-brown but not orange (6) 19 Absolutely diaphanous? (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Petty (5-4) 8 Pale purple (5) 9 A culinary herb (7) 10 Slain (6) 11 Provoke (4,2) 12 Line of descent (8) 15 Huge (8) 18 South African seaport (6) 20 Displace from normal habitat (6) 21 Traveller to sacred place (7) 22 Henhouse (5) 23 Ambitiously competitive person (4-5)

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2 Had in mind (5) 3 Sheen (6) 4 Make unwarrantable intrusion (8) 5 Supreme dominion (6) 6 Distinctive attribute (7) 7 Sloth or envy for example (6,3) 11 Place of refuge (9) 13 Aloof unemotional person (4,4) 14 French aviation pioneer (7) 16 Without lumps (6) 17 Sparing (6) 19 Originate (5)