COMPACT CROSSWORD

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7 Predict (13) 9 Of current interest (7) 10 Large cat (5) 11 Ogle (4) 12 Ambit (5) 16 Existence (5) 17 Enormous (slang) (4) 21 Noisy fuss (3-2) 22 Ropiest (anag) (7) 23 Morale (6,2,5)

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1 Flattened spoon (7) 2 Rhyme (7) 3 Waiting in readiness (2,3) 4 Ferrotype (7) 5 Load (5) 6 Vital organ (5) 8 Egotistical (4-7) 13 Ancient Roman coins (7) 14 Frenzied (7) 15 Imagination (7) 18 Small rodent (5) 19 Transform graphic image on screen (5) 20 Glasses (colloq) (5)