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ACROSS

1 Surplus to requirements (9) 6 Groove (3) 8 Has an unpleasant smell (6) 9 Perceive (5) 10 Inner lining of a shoe (6) 11 Vividly described (7) 13 Rescue from loss at sea (7) 16 Slander (6) 18 Gemstones (5) 19 Margin of safety (6) 21 Tell falsehoods (3) 22 Demoted (9)

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1 Decompose (3) 2 Wild dog (5) 3 Savings (4,3) 4 American state (6) 5 Ditch with steep sides (6) 7 Wilful betrayal (9) 8 Cylindrical sponge cake (5,4) 12 Danger signal (3,4) 14 One who goes first (6) 15 Assault (6) 17 A nation’s warships (5) 20 Help (3)