GENERAL CROSSWORD

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1. Read parts only of (4)

4. Soft colour shade (6)

8. Way-out ( 7)

9. Organ of the body (5)

10. Protracted pain (4)

11. A hired killer (8)

13. Candidate for holy orders (9)

17. Withdraw fluid from cavity (8)

19. To crank (4)

21. Get prepared, in condition (5)

22. Marine god ( 7)

23. Coat lapel (6)

24. Limit one's intake (4)

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2. A sauce ( 7)

3. Remove fruit skin (4)

4. Clippings from the papers (5,8)

5. Dried grapes (8)

6. Fairylike creatures (5)

7. Large piano (5)

8. A Dutch cheese (4)

12. Alienate the affections of (8)

14. A testimony ( 7)

15. Adhesive (5)

16. Disliking work (4)

18. Situation (5)

20. Potato (4)