Hawke's Bay Today

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS 1. Belt in cover redesigned for this sort of car (11)

7. Crack for church-leader and parson put on ice (7) 9. Egad! First and third switch will show how old one is (4)

11. Foreign money and where one could spend it if going east (5)

12. In Paris I am about lost, somehow, so use my elbows (6)

14. Fashionabl­e patches visited by sightseers in the country (6,5)

18. Silly clot held key endlessly used for case on necklace (6)

20. Call up an increase in salary (5)

22. Time to purchase first sight of land in sea-sickness (4)

23. Schoolmast­er backing monarch is taking a chance (7)

24. Where the kernel may be found encapsulat­ed (2,1,8)

DOWN

2. Work in the theatre, if not on stage (7)

3. Smoke erraticall­y rising, in part showing its smell (4)

4. A hint that it’s not to be taken seriously (5)

5. Jeer at something one may get one’s teeth into (5) 6. One wasting time may have lied about it, right? (5) 8. Didn’t leave out lucid end anyhow (8)

10. Are among the politician­s after firm shows similarite­s (8) 13. Regard the spot on the egg (3)

15. Half-dozen involved in criminal hearing of little import (7) 16. Stuffy? Nearly! (5)

17. How to grieve without one being on edge (5)

19. Point to point, straight up? It’s in the abdomen! (5) 21. Eat into work done with a saw (4)

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