Irish Independent

Two-In-One

No 4,472

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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Protection for postmen? (4) 8 Cunning in painting? (10) 9 Manipulate­d so that the body looked much older (8)

10 A god of the north originally (4) 12 Thus treated and pickled (6)

14 Incorporat­e me on returning corpse (6) 15 They are obviously not old enough to be army officers (6) 17 A prose version of

musical dramas (6) 18 Knock senseless in a most unlikely way (4) 19 Star-shaped measure used in the country (8) 21 Where very small notes are recorded? (6,4) 22 Teas from the Orient (4)

DOWN

2 Opponent in a state of stagnation (10) 3 Girl causes a number to leave the teaching group (4)

4 Put on with dramatic results, perhaps (6) 5 Led off after cake put in package (6) 6 Kick the horse out, lacking steadiness (8) 7 A great potentate upsets the arts (4) 11 Men of the Renaissanc­e with long teaching experience? (3,7) 13 Disdaining in the circumstan­ces corn fully ripe (8) 16 Presumably she treats her patients as members of the family (6)

17 State in which mineral has almost disappeare­d (6) 18 Add up at the pithead where the oil may be (4) 20 Water colour (4)

SIMPLE CLUES

ACROSS

1 Plunge (4)

8 Taming (8,2)

9 Faithful (8)

10 Sort (4)

12 Bazaar (6)

14 Type of cab (6) 15 Sundry (6)

17 Belief (6)

18 Taverns (4)

19 Check (8)

21 Sinfulness (10) 22 Press (4) DOWN

2 Novelty (10)

3 Recedes (4)

4 Leave (6)

5 Outline (6)

6 Example (8)

7 At one time (4) 11 Enormous (10) 13 Memento (8) 16 Step (6)

17 Jewel box (6) 18 U.S. state (4) 20 Rile (4)

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