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PUZZLE CHALLENGE DOUBLE CROSSWORD CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Presumably certain people don't plant these (5,2,5)

7. Vehicle that is lit on French railways (5)

8. Dance back in Bologna tonight (5)

9. Sunfish without a tail (3)

10. Sees Carol concocting this dish (9)

11. Don't waste time getting diverted to

Athens (6)

12 & 21Ac. How to protect one's capital, but don't let it go any further (4,2,5,4,3)

15. Is it assumed by the railwayman that one goes to train in this? (9)

17. Climbs over lonely pass, initially (3)

18. A little drink before a theatrical performanc­e (5)

19. Quiet times for hotel attendants (5)

21. See 12 Across

Down

1. Checks the regular current movement (5,3,4)

2. Some of the press agents droop (3)

3. Complete Ugrian language as it's spoken (6)

4. Where you'll find the policeman who's a good timekeeper (2,3,4)

5. Game in which the householde­r is successful (5)

6. Suddenly appears, as a moth does (5,2,5)

7. Country & Western jumble sale (5)

10. Restrain a colleague causing defeat on the board (9)

13. Daintily eats considerab­le quantities of grain (5)

14. Deliver the goods in an agile way (6)

16. Muslim chief elected for a second time (5)

20. Recognised, we hear, to be an antelope (3)

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QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Boxer (12)

7. Turf (5)

8. Scorch (5)

9. Perform (3)

10. Sociable (9)

11. Occupancy (6)

12. Needlework (6)

15. Enthusiast­ic (9)

17. Distant (3)

18. Tranquilli­ty (5)

19. Stylishnes­s (5)

21. Ugly (12)

Down

1. Charity (12)

2. Age (3)

3. Mad (6)

4. Impetuosit­y (9)

5. Boredom (5)

6. Aggressive­ness (12)

7. Mount (3,2)

10. Portly (9)

13. Deduce (5)

14. Bestow (6)

16. Unadorned (5)

20. Curve (3)

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