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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Boring job for the gunmaker

concerned with accuracy (7) 5 She gets letters from Alice (5) 8 Certainly confident (7,1,5) 9 Strain of a grave commitment?

(5) 10Letters from a chest I sorted out

(7) 11I’m taking a certain attitude to levy

(6) 12No pegs put out for washing (6) 15A shade unsuitable for wet

weather (7) 17Attack with broken stone (5) 19Enthusiastic traveller frowned

upon nowadays (3,3,3,4) 20Crack up? (5) 21He does nothing to hurt industry

(7)

DOWN

1 Quarrelled when we were included

in the staff (5) 2 It’s tense, but what’s ahead

couldn’t be better (6,7) 3 Decreasing workers (7) 4 It allows access to the French

confectionery (6) 5 Recruit acted badly (5) 6 Store of jokes - or one that is

really ridiculous (8,5) 7 Performer makes a start that is

different (7) 11 For reform, a little brat gets bent

over (7) 13 Initiator of enterprise needs one in

support (7) 14 Fresh petals set out on the table

(6) 16 A seat to put in the sun (5) 18 Number in tour round royal house

(5)