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ACROSS

1 A wagonette to slow down (5) 4 Roughly patches flatbottomed boats (7)

8 One who exacts a charge for being a bell-ringer? (7)

9 Corner an early invader (5) 10 See 19 Dn.

11 Guard lets nine loose (8) 13 Bag for loot (4)

14 Enclosures for river birds (4) 16 Establishes a link with members of the embassy (8) 17 Customs embodied in various establishments (4) 20 Stove where the firing takes place (5)

21 Clothes appear to change by the end of April (7) 22 There’s some point to this system, it could be claimed (7) 23 They are used for recording bands (5) 1 Carrying the marks of having been engaged! (6-7)

2 Titan who shouldered a heavenly burden (5)

3 She makes a come-back in “Gotterdammerung” (4) 4 Broken screen could be used in church (6)

5 Dandy has obligations to pretty girls (8)

6 Supporters about to complete what popular heroes may become (7)

7 The revive malodorous old mariners (8,5)

12 Sounds as though I bawl for frozen food (3-5)

13 Diabolical cast in a mess (7) 15 A particular military body (6) 18 Fight for what’s been rejected (5)

19 & 10 Ac Detect a smaller number completely untainted (8)