CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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7. In defeat, a point short, one gets house part without tiring (13)

8. For ever do one's hair neatly arranged around end of pin (11)

12. Foolish senility makes one go astray with the date (6)

14. Tyro evidently free from immorality (6) 16. Stepped out and used feet in the South-east (6)

18. Full contents in the remainder, and this is the upshot (6)

19. Stalks the first to be introduced to them? (6,5)

23. Doesn't interfere – but doesn't get oil, either (4,4,5)

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1. Picture a gingerbread biscuit (4) 2. Member of Upper House always poetic, quietly ahead (4)

3. Mother the years will inflict harm on (6) 4. Gull – or a land-bird? (6)

5. Tax around the South is enormous (4) 6. Sort of 4 for shooting of the no-blood sport (4)

9. Her Latin one, abandoned somehow, will hold one spellbound (7)

10. At which one is taking things easy (7) 11. Coin would be quite proper were it halfmade to begin with (4)

12. How much to take does vary (4) 13. Object of worship has put boxer up to it (3)

15. Circle you and I are indebted to (3) 17. French pupil goes North for the team (6)

18. To use abusive language is horrid when recommenced (6)

19. A dog's pendulous chop travelled in a particular way (4)

20. As to its adaptation, it's for drying the hops (4)

21. It's fishy, and that's flat, what one walks on (4)

22. Tuneful offering at a very cheap price? (4)