Crossword: CRYPTIC CLUES

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ACROSS

2 Provision room from an essay on a dish

5 Barbarian in a state of nature

7 Bites strongly on early choice representatives

8 Punch the timekeeper

11 Outstanding sound moisture

1 2 Personable southern Welsh emblem

1 4 Tall robust persons become grooms

1 6 Earl’s odd radiation device

1 7 A little unsettled collection

1 8 Titivate prawn heads - even poetically

20 Privateer using a Greek letter tax

2 1 Display the late model

22 Being unattached is agreeably not

the best

DOWN

1 An aureole first hand. Look!

2 Nibble at an imperial measure

3 Some olden characters with nothing on the head

4 Assumes the role of models

6 Disturbed an acoustic complaint

9 Gives the go-ahead for leases

1 0 Scorch rechargeable contents

1 2 Stimulate prompt incitement

1 3 Some verses relating to Scottish Celts

1 5 Turner beat up the tax refund perhaps

1 8 Strip off the tailpipe on the back wheel

1 9 See Achilles heel with a happy ending

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS

2 Larder

5 Untamed

7 Munches

8 Timepiece

11 Payable

1 2 Well-groomed

1 4 Stable attendants

1 6 A beam

1 7 Harden

1 8 Make smart

20 Buccaneer

2 1 Uncover

22 Sick

DOWN

1 Nimbus

2 Kiss

3 Long pasta

4 Acts for

6 Charge

9 Permits

1 0 Singe

1 2 Incite

1 3 Gaelic

1 5 Discount

1 8 Skin

1 9 Observe