Bath Chronicle

Cryptic

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Across

1. Despondent - because the liquor stocks have disappeare­d? (3,2,7) 7. The cleric is one of the big guns, we hear (5) 8. Part of the poem is hypocrisy and nothing more (5) 9. Shoot, pal (3) 10. Men spoilt in reforming this half-wit (9) 11. Cow-catcher? (6) 12. Sound quality of a doctor who appears in time (6) 15. Giving an account of how the sailor ran back first (9) 17. A section of arable acreage (3) 18. In practice, this is played (5) 19. To signify I’m to make regular journeys (5) 21. Fresh declaratio­ns giving causes about changing rites (12)

Down

1. Tips on top of the scales (12) 2. This will cool an enthusiast (3) 3. Country shown by an inclusion in a map redrawn (6) 4. Not forgetting about a vocation (9) 5. Canvas erection round the East should be strongly held (5) 6. Approves of what people are faced with! (12) 7. Seen in a well-placed arboretum! (5) 10. They are bound to use craft in making progress (9) 13. Can intended for William (5) 14. It is in splendid surroundin­gs, but subject to limitation­s (6) 16. Instigate quarrels, we hear (5) 20. One way to congratula­te an Irishman (3)

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