Cryptic Crossword

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ACROSS

1. If the beginning of companionship were absent, this would still show friendliness (11) 9. Tyrolean river that provides liquid refreshment (3) 10. Go no further to meet

train, maybe (9) 11. Animal that could be a

tailless elk as well (5) 13. Don’t just take the right

amount of fare (7) 14. Set of performers appearing in the Scouts’ Concert, we hear! (6) 16. Transfer various gains about the conclusion of business (6) 18. Do a turn, maybe, at the

Round House (7) 19. Concerned with sound coins being counterfeited (5) 20. Did some lopping – and

cutter gets broken (9) 21 & 2 Dn. Private servant for the fellow who goes to the club (6) 22. The position of the campers and those taking part in the regatta (5,6)

DOWN

2. See 21 Across 3. Issued a summons that is observed, one hears (5) 4. Where the dead were laid to keep out the noise (6) 5. Doesn’t hurry away from Estoril (7) 6. A great din made by an actor (9) 7. Give orders to speak for the board (11) 8. Unyielding quality – it’s a pity certain changes must take place (11) 12. Military command concerning the revolution (5,4) 15. Father and he can get

upset by theatricality (7) 17. In the bathroom a sticky

kind of cement (6) 19. Depravity encircles the

same biblical city (5) 21. Furry neckwear that will

constrict (3)