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1 Shortage (7) 7 Public speaker (6) 8 Story within a story (7) 9 Discharge (4) 10 Ridge of coral (4) 12 Acutely vigilant or observant (3,4) 14 Fulfil the needs of (7) 16 Faucets (4) 18 Frolic (4) 20 Military formation (7) 21 Means of communication (6) 22 Fast train (7)

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1 Abandons (7) 2 Long slender thread or filament (5) 3 Young male horse (4) 4 Completely (7) 5 Lowest floor (8) 6 Of cattle (6) 11 Frivolous or offhand (8) 12 Good-natured and sociable (7) 13 Female siblings (7) 15 Handsome young man (6) 17 Proverb (5) 19 Speech defect (4)