Mercury (Hobart)

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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Complacent about reversal of sticky substances 3 Act of physical aggression could get us shot 8 The beaten person makes change of roles 9 Special speech is delivered in onerous manner first 1 0 Lay claim to being a highly-ranked teacher with no alternativ­e 1 3 Pain from a type of palm 1 4 Unadultera­ted and unending vegetables for soup 1 5 Topical arrangemen­t relating to sight 1 9 Headwear the journalist found to be abhorrent 20 Tightly fasten device for locking a door 2 1 A small lump led to change in a swaying walk 22 Something mixed amongst the cheese

DOWN 1 The only one with the part of a shoe 2 Tops up under new position entirely without aid 4 Hackneyed from repetition to tire out after final set 5 Used nail with nut in work without protective covering 6 Name change after odd hour showing compassion 7 Group ending at a Spanish river 11 Normal to return a light blow 12 A type of spring not all pass through 13 Male relative seen when pet loses tail 16 Time to start dial around about the tides 17 Part of the leg in a young animal 18 Fanciful notion started with that fellow

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS 1 Self-satisfied 3 A brawl 8 Defeated person 9 Local language 10 Claim 13 Type of palm 14 Not sullied 15 Of eyes 19 Detested 20 Door lock 21 Walk like a duck 22 Type of cheese

DOWN 1 Part of foot 2 Without aid 4 Childish 5 Not safe from electricit­y 6 Merciful 7 Group of three 11 Quick strike 12 A spring 13 Male relative 16 Of tides 17 Young bovine 18 Sudden fancy

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