Mercury (Hobart)

Crossword:

14743

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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

6 Open discussion on air conditioni­ng

9 Glean about a past

1 0 The headmistre­ss back in a skirt

11 A couple of characters make a tent

1 2 I joined through the agency of a breakwater

1 3 Need components of a low seaside sandhill

1 5 By the sound of it, passed away when coloured

1 7 Aboard with no commercial swine

1 8 Arranged a lamas salutation

1 9 Mal’s back on the dole

20 Retain board and lodging

22 Surprises on occasions of astonishme­nt

DOWN

1 Give clarificat­ion of overseas good weather

2 Match oneself against six by the end

3 Open pages through the print media

4 Sip BYO ingredient­s for a tissue examinatio­n

5 Not out of action – that’s for sure

7 Rubbish a voyage to the Orient

8 For a change relocate me before the slowcoach

1 3 Refuse to acknowledg­e one is downtrodde­n

1 4 Shorten New York and London’s synthetic fibres

1 5 Silly parade missing a cover

1 6 Hate replacemen­ts of mine with Tony

1 7 Break up one who makes bread and the like

2 1 Letters from a famous W. German town

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS

6 Airing

9 Gather

1 0 Small

11 Wigwam

1 2 Jetty

1 3 Sandy tract

1 5 Tinted

1 7 Wild male pig

1 8 Muslim greeting

1 9 Charity

20 Maintain

22 Fascinatio­ns

DOWN

1 Spell out

2 Strive in rivalry

3 Journal

4 Diagnostic process

5 Certainly

7 Nonsense

8 An unpunctual person

1 3 Renounce

1 4 Stockings

1 5 Cover with cloth

1 6 Animosity

1 7 Pastrycook

2 1 Printers’ measures

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