Crossword: CRYPTIC CLUES

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ACROSS

1 Yearns to hold gold award for quilled rodents

6 Lost one should prop right inside

7 Shock return of part of race with father

8 Short position for a bird at the back gate

11 The weight of a common century

1 2 Regret strongly-scented plant

1 3 Young man has time for vegetation

1 5 Examination of court proceedings

1 6 Book the one who held up the sky

1 8 It never softens about fast time in smaller degree

DOWN

1 Head back and put one in the pocket

2 Cook up a verbal rebuke

3 More distinct pin real bad

4 Game with hard hat used in petroleum distillate

5 No talking for Royal Society sound reducers

6 It always ends up with the cream

9 Extraordinary bargain-priced article

1 0 Clone he uses for a way to line people up

1 4 Club fellow has to wash the body

1 7 A bit sassy working animal