Crossword

Resolve to solve these clues.

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Clues Across

1 One to ten? Count them on your fingers! (6)

4 Reverse signal box equipment, and have a great time (5)

9 and 17 Down One of the companies involved in the delivery of Old Oak Common station (7, 6)

10 Original name of train manufacturer that built the Pendolinos (7)

11 Carmarthenshire valley home of heritage railway (5)

12 Sad eco men use these to preserve anonymity (9)

14 ’E hopes SWT maybe has one of these at its railway stations (5, 4)

18 One of the Crossrail tunnel boring machines - named after Paralympian (5)

19 23 Across might also be described thus (7) 21 O! Centro is surprisingly associated with a kind heart (7) 22 Holy man obtains firebox residue, and starts a collection (5) 23 Either First and Standard - both are high quality (6)

Clues Down

1 River crossed at Chester by North Wales Coast Line houses nocturnal mammal. Let’s discuss it! (6)

2 Glue Bill? He’ll believe anything (8)

3 RIP TOC apart at 23° north or south (6) 5 Pioneering scientist who experimented with film techniques by recording railway-related scheme (6)

6 Luxembourg city served by three railway stations (4)

7 Sporting venue - nearest railway station is Eynsford (6, 5)

8 Devices for moving air, water, fuel, etc (5) 13 See 20 Down 14 Commodity carried by rail from Teesside (5)

15 See 20 Down

16 Fuel supplied for modified TPE Restaurant Open Lounge car, obtainable from 8? (6)

17 See 9 Across 20 and 13 Down and 15 Down

Passenger operator owned by Stagecoach that ran from 2007 to 2019 (4, 8, 6)