Coventry Telegraph

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. Displace labourer doing duty at different times (5,6)

9. A close shave for brother’s capital (7)

10 & 21Dn. Like thinkers (5,5)

11 & 22Ac. Position for a bronze (5,5)

12. Taken by coach (7)

13. Commanding officer returns with unfinished oath, as it happens (6)

15. I want a change from Formosa (6)

18. Company gets clear arrangemen­t for this vessel (7)

20. Therefore music partly features a classical figure (5)

22. See 11 Across

23. Maybe I can hit the bottle from Italy! (7)

24. Brutality shown by rows among quadrupeds (11)

DOWN

2. Method of communicat­ion in British India (5)

3. One of the first members to come to grief (7)

4. Reconstruc­t the war memorial for the dead (6)

5. Correct prerogativ­e (5)

6 & 17Dn. This is used to put the pupil under heavier lashes! (7,6)

7. An aid for one engaged in heart-searching (11)

8. Not a vessel used for educationa­l cruise! (11)

14. Anxiety about horse slaughter (7)

16. Level accusation against a sovereign term, by the sound of it (7)

17. See 6 Down

19. They are employed on vessels for a sea-trip, one hears (5)

21. See 10 Across

 ??  ?? 13/12/2017 Across: 1 Acid test; 5 Toga; 9 Imps; 10 Last year; 11 Issue; 12 Foundry; 13 Loses one’s head; 18 Military; 19 Away; 20 Tension; 21 Light; 22 Drew; 23 Renegade. Down: 2 Comes to; 3 Dispute; 4 Staff entrance; 6 Overdue; 7 Arrayed; 8 Stoups; 13...
13/12/2017 Across: 1 Acid test; 5 Toga; 9 Imps; 10 Last year; 11 Issue; 12 Foundry; 13 Loses one’s head; 18 Military; 19 Away; 20 Tension; 21 Light; 22 Drew; 23 Renegade. Down: 2 Comes to; 3 Dispute; 4 Staff entrance; 6 Overdue; 7 Arrayed; 8 Stoups; 13...

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