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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

6 Tiny set-back in the fight for fast US motor traffic (7)

7 Not qualified to sum up (5) 9 Semi-wooden court (3) 10 Could be a grade one drink (9) 12 Not even sufficient, strange as it may seem! (5,6) 15 Perhaps nothing is as surprising (11) 17 Call to mind (2,7) 19 Contend it’s a quarter past six (3) 21 Unqualifie­d to make a statement (5) 22 Exercise done by a prisoner (7)

DOWN

1 A weapon useless by itself (5)

2 Set a leg the wrong way (3) 3 Just fine! (4) 4 Pay a visit after some persuasion? (4,5) 5 Some players take a long time dressing (7) 8 Became engaged! (6) 11 Recommends lawyers (9) 13 Toiler disposed to belie his nature (6) 14 Maintains a rising pressure (7) 16 You can put it on a horse that’s a sure thing (5) 18 Verb and noun together hide a prepositio­n (4)

20Sign given by Leonard (3)

SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS

6 Elucidate (7)

7 Hinge (5)

9 Not many (3)

10 Intensity (9)

12 Pretence (4-7)

15 Make a start (5,3,3) 17 Insulted (9)

19 Non-profession­al (3) 21 Not suitable (5)

22 Scorn (7)

DOWN

1 Eject (5) 2 Underhand (3) 3 Pit (4) 4 Chronomete­r (9) 5 Hollow (7) 8 Ebb (6) 11 Clumsy (9) 13 Compass (6) 14 Desecrate (7) 16 Madness (5) 18 Way out (4) 20 Extraordin­ary (3)

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