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CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

7. One payment to use road on coral reef (5)

8. A piece of grave writing? (7) 9. Not such a heavy means of ignition (7)

10. No man can be famous (5) 12. Excellent beginning to education (5,5)

15. Not working, having left the convent (3,2,5)

18. Musical about a time I have (5)

19. Ian’s cat can be diabolic (7) 21. Exact summary up to a point (7)

22. Make amends after midday? (5)

Down

1. Become infatuated with evil Fallon, perhaps (4,2,4)

2. Make a fraudulent imitation of a smithy (5)

3. Conspiracy to put fifty in a container (4)

4. The man is concealing skill at cards (6)

5. Nice plan to get over the summit (8)

6. When time flies when not eating (4-3)

11. He does his work in record time! (4,6)

13. Beneath one’s dignity if daring to go out (5,3)

14. Footballer involved in industrial dispute? (7)

16. Hurries to see the unedited film (6)

17. Loner out to register (5) 20. Wood Kate ordered (4)

QUICK CLUES

Across

7. Keen (5) 8. Obtain (7) 9. Atone (7)

10. Shoot (5) 12. Footpad (10) 15. Entangle (10) 18. Additional (5) 19. Sword (7) 21. Go before (7) 22. Banquet (5)

Down

1. Container (10) 2. Yawning (5) 3. Yard (4) 4. Address (6) 5. Perpetual (8) 6. Paramount (7) 11. Kindness (10) 13. Doomed (3-5) 14. Stifle (7) 16. Prestige (6) 17. Trite (5) 20. Quarrel (4)