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Across

4. Unconventional (7) 8. Threadbare (6) 9. Exact (7) 10. Journalist (6) 11. Hypothesis (6) 12. Argue (8) 18. Praise (8) 20. Significance (6) 21. Smell (6) 22. Rear (7) 23. Abduct (6) 24. Pupil (7)

Down

1. Defame (7) 2. Most (7) 3. Take in (6) 5. Predict (8) 6. Pail (6) 7. Ridiculous (6) 13. Brothers (8) 14. Victorious (7) 15. Maybe (7) 16. Sum (6) 17. Jerked (6) 19. Dupe (6)

Last week’s solution

Across: 1 Intolerance; 9 Ill; 10 Elevation; 11 Title; 13 Plodder; 14 Roamer; 16 Period; 18 Aseptic; 19 Steal; 20 Calculate; 21 Yet; 22 Brutishness. Down: 2 Nil; 3 Obese; 4 Exempt; 5 À la mode; 6 Childlike; 7 Disturbance; 8 Incredulity; 12 Traveller; 15 Entrust; 17 Scraps; 19 Stern; 21 Yes.