Daily crossword

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1. Cheerless magistrate about fifty (5)

2. Military display to make a permanent impression on somebody (6) 3. It may well be used by the secretary bird! (3) 4. A journey that goes from one landing to the next (6)

5. Backward fellow taken in by certain cognomen (7)

8. Attractive victory by unspecified number of people (7)

11. This may be improved by using physics (7) 13. Does a drink provide this kind of reception? (7)

15. The usual standard by an early invader (6)

16. What one and one make (6)

17. Search some of the magistrates’ courts (5) 20. Laurel bark (3) 6. Was anxious about the French being acquitted (7)

7. See 9 Across

9 & 7Ac. Most important personage of the present day (5,5)

10. Tackle unscrupulous manipulation (7)

12. See 22 Across

14. Approximate figure for an eighteen-hole total? (5,6)

18. Speech shows where one lives (7)

19. Take steps round the East for cessation of hostilities (5)

21. Being corpulent with nearly everybody is lethal (5)

22 & 12Ac. What the recaptured convict does in serving a longer sentence? (5,2,3,4,4)