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7,994

ACROSS

1 Llama-like mammal (6)

4 Weird (5)

7 Advantageous or encouraging (10)

8 Cooker (4)

9 Aspirations (5)

11 Below (7)

13 Holy place (7)

15 Greek letter (5)

17 Hardens (4)

18 Plastic bullet (5,5)

20 Vulgar and tasteless (5)

21 Rue (6)

DOWN

1 Soak up (6)

2 Lord Sugar, entrepreneur (4)

3 Quantities (7)

4 Inner planet (5)

5 Tease or ridicule (3)

6 Gambling odds (5)

7 Herb type (6)

10 Summarised or abridged (6)

12 Sheltered port (7)

14 Faulty shot or stroke (6)

15 Footballer’s first game (5)

16 Irritate (5)

17 Difficulty or disadvantage (4)

19 Muscle twitch (3)

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TUESDAY’S SOLUTION (No 7,993): ACROSS: 1 Seesaws. 5 Mast. 7 Bug. 8 Illinois. 9 Thigh. 10 Neon. 13 Wave. 14 Glee. 18 Rude. 19 Salon. 21 Firebomb. 22 Die. 23 Emma. 24 Sprints. DOWN: 1 Sabotage. 2 Egg timer. 3 Alight. 4 Silent. 5 Minnow. 6 Soil. 11 Nailed-on. 12 Meanders. 15 Eureka. 16 Heroes. 17 Isobar. 20 Firm.