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7,863

ACROSS

1 Home life (11) 7 Very keen (4) 8 Sports arena (7) 9 Have a meal (3) 10 Exclusive (5) 11 Clergyman (6) 13 Weighing device (6) 16 Ringlets (5) 18 Born as (3) 19 Method of restraining someone (7) 20 Midday (4) 21 Factual film or TV programme (11)

DOWN

1 Godlike (6) 2 Humble (6) 3 Senior nurse (6) 4 Furious (5) 5 First letter (7) 6 Complains whiningly (7) 11 __ Gere, actor (7) 12 Hard brittle material (7) 13 Become fully understood (4,2) 14 Schedule (6) 15 Speech or writing praising someone (6) 17 Tempest (5) 0904 470 1070. WEDNESDAY’S SOLUTION (NO 7,862): ACROSS: 1 Aplomb. 4 Sects. 7 Last resort. 8 Ewan. 9 Laden. 11 Prevent. 13 Soprano. 15 Besom. 17 Bell. 18 Traffic jam. 20 Hoo-ha. 21 Leg bye. DOWN: 1 Asleep. 2 Oban. 3 Buttons. 4 Spell. 5 Coo. 6 Satan. 7 Labels. 10 Diadem. 12 Topical. 14 Oblige. 15 Batch. 16 Mafia. 17 Bang. 19 Ago.