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ACROSS 1 Least possible amount (7) 7 Newspaper boss (6) 8 Downwind (7) 9 Egg-shaped (4) 10 Perishes (4) 12 Trend (7) 14 Sceptical (7) 16 Source of wood (4) 18 Unfortunately (4) 20 Spray can (7) 21 Extreme fear (6) 22 Guarantees (7) DOWN 1 Tuneful (7) 2 Daughter of a sibling (5) 3 Castle surround (4) 4 Health-check (7) 5 Rebounding bullet (8) 6 Spud (6) 11 Cutting instrument (8) 12 Flourish of trumpets (7) 13 Styli (7) 15 Snooker ball colour (6) 17 Vertical section of a step (5) 19 Upper limbs (4) Today’s solution will be published tomorrow but if you would like to hear it now, call 0904 470 1070. Calls cost 65p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Phone & Text Services Helpline: DMG Media Mobile & TV – 0808 272 0808 THURSDAY’S SOLUTION (No 7,965): ACROSS: 1 Magnificent. 7 Glen. 8 Chip pan. 9 Duo. 10 Horde. 11 Starve. 13 Census. 16 Tubes. 18 Vat. 19 Nominee. 20 Iris. 21 Consistency. DOWN: 1 Mallet. 2 Gander. 3 Income. 4 Irish. 5 Exports. 6 Tunnels. 11 Satanic. 12 Albumen. 13 Covert. 14 Notion. 15 Untidy. 17 Sunni.