GENERAL CROSSWORD

▶ Across

1. Practical lesson drawn (5) 4. Capital city; type of carriage (6) 7. Scottish town (3)

8. Bear witness (6)

9. Take what's offered (6) 10. August; type of beard (8) 12. Horses; keeps on at one (4) 13. Polar region (6)

15. Paper chief (6) 16. Deliberately avoid (4) 17. Instinctive, ‘gut’ (8)

19. Help (6)

20. Male or female relative (6) 22. Largest deer (3)

23. Climb up (6)

24. Polish, lustre (5)

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1. Transformation (13)

2. Grain crop (3)

3. Indian stick (5)

4. Reading system for the blind (7) 5. Restore friendship between (9) 6. Act of pawning (13) 11. Widespread (9)

14. Eagerly desired (7) 18. Dismisses (5)

21. Employ (3)