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Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS 1 Part of a gun found right in tree (6) 5 Assume gold is found in hilltop (6) 8 Consistently big soppy guessing game (1‑3) 9 The rig I’m building is stronger (8) 10 Staid set cast out with repugnance (8) 11 Darn foreign money! (4) 12 Chivalrous choir playing out east (6) 14 Take away CD, duet awful (6) 16 Seizing old dehydrated fish (4) 18 Limit set of questions on flyleaf (8) 20 Spitfire, for example, to bend path (8) 21 Bible book cast out (4) 22 Prayer from N Italy (6) 23 Young Sally takes a railway wage (6) DOWN 2 Priest turns to the Orient for a break (7) 3 Film discomfort in country (5) 4 Politician in house with PA (4,9) 5 Craftily hide badge beside cape through arrogance (3‑10) 6 Gave up work and went to bed (7) 7 Lyric poem not off cinema group (5) 13 My one opal improves on exhibits here (7) 15 Maker of unusual rare cot (7) 17 Yes, a sanctimonious creature (5) 19 Use a screen, we hear (5)