Easy Crossword

ACROSS

1 Conflict between facts (11) 9 ___ with, treat freely (4,9) 10 Home and hearth (8) 12 Final word of a prayer (4) 14 Fellow competitor (5) 15 Cut back (shrubs) (5) 19 Asks for money from strangers (4) 20 Person who has died (8) 22 TV acoustics person (5,8) 24 Small amount, in cookery (11)

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2 Fluid used for writing (3) 3 Shredded cabbage salad (8) 4 Epitomise or manifest (6) 5 Crooked, askew (4) 6 North American rodents of the squirrel family (9) 7 Provide employees (5) 8 Employing, expending (5) 11 Meteorologist’s device (4,5) 13 Type of well where a pump is not required (8) 16 Bottomless hole (5) 17 Shelter or shed with a single‑sloped roof (4‑2) 18 Put on a pedestal (5) 21 Finds the sum of (4) 23 Second‑largest living bird (3)