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7,866

ACROSS

1 The symbol £ (5,4) 6 Simulation or pretence (3) 8 Evoke (6) 9 On the ocean (2,3) 10 Light wind (6) 11 Plunder or pillage (7) 13 Thing asked for (7) 16 Walk like a small child (6) 18 Adjust (5) 19 Permits (6) 21 Immoral act (3) 22 Live dangerously (5,4)

DOWN

1 Friend (3) 2 Male relative (5) 3 Is uncertain or indecisive (7) 4 With no success (2,4) 5 Queasiness (6) 7 Ungrateful (9) 8 Show someone up (9) 12 Exert a pull on (7) 14 Daintily odd (6) 15 High regard (6) 17 Greek letter (5) 20 Grief (3)

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SATURDAY’S SOLUTION (No. 7,865): ACROSS: 1 Unfamiliar. 6 Inject. 7 Costs. 9 Severe. 10 Sun. 11 Roar. 14 So-so. 15 Arc. 16 Eclair. 17 Emits. 18 Bogota. 20 Unemployed. DOWN: 1 Urn. 2 Feeler. 3 Mother. 4 Locker. 5 Assessor. 6 Increase. 8 Sinfonia. 9 Sanction. 12 Jetsam. 13 Global. 14 Singly. 19 Ted.