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the crosswords
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Sign of pressure in plant with one place to drink (8) 5 A spinner at his peak? (4) 9 Recreation wear (5) 10 A bit of soup? (7) 11 Buyer of an electric fan? (4,8) 13 Repeat the story but with a new ending? (6) 14 Wrongly blamed for the uproar (6) 17 One’s first address (6,6) 20 Member of the police force if trained (7) 21 The last of the prizewinners of course (5) 22 Gain by Labour (4) 23 Uplifting element of God in Henry’s conversion (8) DOWN 1 Yearn for young lady (4) 2 Warning for an observation post (4,3) 3 Spy organisation which makes the news (12) 4 Make profit from a shipping company we hear (6) 6 Symbol reverenced in Shinto temples (5) 7 Central American country holds an alternative view (8) 8 Such a change may be on the gambler’s behalf (3,3,6) 12 Plain words about a border flower (8) 15 Seeking to taste defeat (7) 16 Bird circles its quarry (6) 18 What could be finer to imply? (5) 19 An imbibing of French port (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 By a small margin (8) 5 Proceed with difficulty (4) 9 Joint of leg and foot (5) 10 Learned person (7) 11 Overambitious shaky scheme (5,2,5) 13 Public brawl (6) 14 Fixed (6) 17 Become over-excited (4,4,4) 20 Surrounding (7) 21 Semblance (5) 22 Enthusiastic (4) 23 Possible customer (8) DOWN 1 Closely related (4) 2 Share of profits (4-3) 3 Cast gloom on (12) 4 Period of instruction (6) 6 A slacker (5) 7 Died (8) 8 Violent overwhelming action (5,7) 12 Baseball ground (8) 15 Rich fabric with raised pattern (7) 16 Experienced adviser (6) 18 Valuable dark brown fur (5) 19 For fear that (4)