Irish Independent

CRYPTIC CLUES

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ACROSS

1 It’s not only cattle traders who deal here (5,6)

9 Tombstone inscriptio­n will produce a tear! (3)

10 Likely to cause illfeeling (9)

11 Shows deficienci­es - in need of tightening up, we hear (5)

13 What the referee needs when it comes to blows! (7)

14 Discovers how low noises are (6)

16 A wheel cover, we hear, is something that people can put on themselves (6)

18 Chemical charge after dark, by the sound of it (7)

19 Settle and make a fire (5)

20 He notes the proceeding­s minute by minute (9)

21 In the freight a residual coal product (3)

22 Suffering from cardiac arterioscl­erosis?

(4-7)

DOWN

2 It whirls round the summit (3)

3 Irons a suit (5)

4 Native American doctor getting the bird! (6)

5 For the practical man art lies in ruins (7)

6 Providing a certain name is giving one a claim (9)

7 Absence of works of creative imaginatio­n will show naivety (11)

8 Classify crossword compilers as experts in letter arrangemen­ts!

(11) 12 Shellfish could act as cure (9)

15 The road to the cemetery, maybe!

(4-3)

17 Just the word to open with (6)

19 A bed to propagate shoots (5)

21 It’s used by the driver for ball bearing (3)

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