Daily crossword

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QUICK CLUES Across

4 Compel by

harshness (7)

8 Awakened (6)

9 Alms (7)

10 Substance (6)

11 Self-possession

(6)

12 Horseman (8)

18 Sham (8)

20 Victor (6)

21 Look at (6)

22 Mollify (7)

23 Dream (6)

24 Encounter (7)

Down

1 Facial contortion

(7)

2 Stealthy (7)

3 Disclose (6)

5 Practise (8)

6 Corrupt (6)

7 Punctually (2,4)

13 Incarcerate (8)

14 Void (7)

15 Principal (7)

16 Uncomplicated (6)

17 Inject (6)

19 Proposition (6)

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

4 Rushed to the bag to search it (7)

8 It doesn't describe the present schoolboy (6) 9 Once more a good man is in opposition (7) 10 A drink at the station (6) 11 Item for reflection (6) 12 Order a sweet (5,3) 18 Blocking - the road? (2,3,3)

20 I smoke a strange mixture, being a northerner (6)

21 Seat is prepared for a snooze after lunch (6) 22 It's useless shielding a bad crook (7)

23 Licence to let (6)

24 Main roads? (3-4)

Down

1 An expedient for a dentist? (4-3)

2 It's used by those wishing to secure temporary accommodation (3-4) 3 A sign of cold, perhaps (6)

5 You may win one on points (8)

6 They control runners in winter sports (6)

7 It's regular trade practice (6)

13 In a convent it gives preferential treatment (8) 14 Most woe-bygone pair? (7)

15 Succession of monarchs who came to an unpleasant end (7)

16 Have ambitions for a high place in the church? (6)

17 The pattern of old China (6)

19 A little lower, if here perhaps (6)