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20 21 22 23 After the wedding Jill’s partner may be up the pole (5,4) State that I had turned round (5) It renders men unfit high positions (7) Ladies who reform become perfect examples (6) Game won by the overforties (6) Might it come to a palmist’s rescue? (8) Sailor found the right answer and was acquitted (8) The cad is out to break the engagement (6) A number in beastly residences are landowners (6) A good score in cricket lasts a long time (7) A wedge shot that doesn’t go straight (5) Promote a murderer and cause uproar (5,4) for Risky (9) Tiny amount (5) Brief and to the point (7) Break in continuity (6) North American republic (6) An unused portion (8) Languid (8) Centre of Ottoman Empire (6) Dependable (6) Eagerness (7) High seas (5) Unlikely tale (4,5) 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 13 14 16 17 19 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 13

14 16 17 19 She’s precise about one point (5) It shows the quality of petrol at once, perhaps (6) Broken oval jugs of foreign derivation (8) Linked together in a way and set light to (6) In fact a wild enthusiast (7) Robert gets his leg broken in a toboggan (9) With everything to throw around there’s nothing left (5,4) Musicians who play nervously? (8) Painstaking preparation? (7) Accounts book with margin going from left to right (6) Still among the best at ice-hockey (6) Tooth one has right in the middle, a canine (5) In excess of (5) North polar region (6) Melt (8) Rigorous (6) Prisoner (7) Unhurried (9) Turbulent confusion (9) Occasion for celebration (8) Guaranteed (7) Still to be developed (6) Accept as true (6) Come on stage (5)