CROSSWORDS

1 Possibly finding a stone a bit unyielding (9) 8 Arrived with nothing, but got relief work (5) 9 No brawl disturbs this light sleeper (4,3) 10 Note deserter is not charged (6) 11 Many admit to being inexperienced (6) 12 Just as bad as one who doesn’t gamble (2,6) 15 Involved in a score or film story (8) 18 Continue being eager to hold work back (4,2) 20 West End tours arranged in coaches (6) 21 Bridge expert (7) 22 Giants help in making progress (5) Fatigue confuses both residents and dissenter (9) 23 1 8 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 21

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Without hurrying (2,7) Wash in clean water (5) Stonework (7) A gorge (6) One after another (2,4) Benevolence (8) Amateurish (8) Uninteresting (6) Baltic country (6) Hard but easily broken (7) Prickle on rose (5) Statement under oath (9)

Sailor came up holding colourless African title (5) Contend with an involved situation (6) A man of property, perhaps, but not for long (3,5) Create chaos in a card game (6) Make no effort to be original (7) Restrict study on stress (9) A pause made by canoeists (9) A libel judge may investigate it, but it is usually shelved (8) Old fools (7) Doing nothing right in an examination (2,4) He gave a fresh look to weight (6) 19 Forgets Tom is out (5) 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 13

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Procession (5) Mass departure (6) To throttle (8) Mission (6) Lacking flavour (7) Indicative (9) Kept sacred (9) Sudden expression of anger (8) Brief reference (7) Flexible (6) For the time being (3,3) A synthetic fibre (5)