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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 I’d return to break agreement in

dispute (10) 8 Like whiskey if rye is used to

make it (5) 9 Lifejacket makes me sweat (3,4) 10 Cavalry surround a group of

attackers (7) 11 Verdi is one who produced his

work on time (5) 12 Joins in animated tangos (4,2) 14 Translating Proust may produce it

(6) 17 Pack animal brings everything

back around morning (5) 19 There are many sides to it (7) 21 It’s not a strange place to catch a

train (7) 22 Low joint where members meet

(5) 23 Putting down some of the main

dangers of war (10)

DOWN

2 A hole that needs no peg in (7) 3 It’s the herb season we hear (5) 4 Nearly but not quite all the majority (6) 5 Vessel that makes way for others in cold weather (7) 6 Keynote of The Messiah (5) 7 New castle set round river in a great seaway (2,8) 8 Original kind of travel (5,5) 13 Too vain perhaps - because of this? (7) 15 Hide from a glutton’s relations (7) 16 This column backs one up (6) 18 Arouse a section of the national army (5) 20 Green meadow on forestry boundaries (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Shoddily constructed (5-5) 8 Resonant metallic sound (5) 9 Current popular style (7) 10 Heraldic emblem of Scotland (7) 11 Delivery of a baseball (5) 12 Cover of aircraft’s cockpit (6) 14 Senior journalist (6) 17 Honey-yellow colour (5) 19 Action to enhance self-esteem

(3,4) 21 Inclination (7) 22 Group of students (5) 23 Explode in anger (3,3,4)

DOWN

2 Prevaricating excuse (7) 3 Entitlement (5) 4 Strike repeatedly (6) 5 Lacking flavour (7) 6 Contaminating influence (5) 7 Close to defeat (2,3,5) 8 Child’s game with looped string

(4,6) 13 Continue determinedly (7) 15 Violent whirlwind (7) 16 End-to-end measurement (6) 18 Uninhibitedly self-assertive (5) 20 Come to mind (5)