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CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Nearly all going to rocky

inlet for a recess (6)

4. Just the thing for

disturbing a nap! (6) 9. Should poor orators take a

course in this? (6,7)

10. Meanwhile the termini

have been reconstructed (7) 11. The man behind this tree is in receipt of civic honours (5)

12. Over and above an unknown quantity in revised rate (5)

14. It may come from Bach or

Dvorak (5)

18. To put in a confined space will produce muscular pain (5) 19. A prize that shows

degeneration (7)

21. Slight upset in

temperament (13)

22. Sailor to obtain what is aimed

at (6)

23. Annul a law about the sound of

bells (6)

Down

1. Take a sea-trip round the south

to make an attack (6)

2. A device for increasing the

volume of the strongbox? (5,8) 3. Motor required after six for the

clerk (5)

5. I keep clean, by the sound of it,

but that's humbug (7)

6. No unusual charge for a

flag! (8,5)

7. Beds for hens (6)

8. Pole to make this sort of

speech (5)

13. A sharp answer in the letter I

posted (7)

15. Handwriting used by many an

actor (6)

16. Stick used for beating (5)

17. Noted book used in the

services (6)

20. Increase the level of the beams,

we hear (5)

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QUICK CLUES:

Across

1. Gossip (6)

4. Save (6)

9. Gambling (6,1,6)

10. Sweet-sounding (7)

11. Arc (5)

12. Lever (5)

14. Quick (5)

18. Adhesive (5)

19. Initially (2,5)

21. Dismay (13)

22. Roof window (6) 23. Grating (6)

Down

1. Peevish (6) 2. Captured (5,8)

3. Lean and tall (5) 5. Moral (7) 6. Disputable (13)

7. Loophole (6) 8. Convenient (5) 13. Encase (7)

15. Seasoned (6)

16. Wed (5)

17. Attitude (6)

20. Discernment (5)