CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Pretty poetry contains a keyboard error (4) 3 Take care cultivating 4840 square yards (4) 7 Soldier made you and I lose touch with reality (9) 8 Groucho’s brother backs hostess (5) 9 Perfect start in dawn’s early autumnal light (5) 12 Leather influenced by speech (5) 13 The French return spirit of Madagascan primate (5) 16 One of Jason’s number trained an ape (9) 17 Team exhaled loudly (4) 18 Odd culture offers hint (4)

DOWN

1 Old tapes developed into frogs (8) 2 Survey right to tell of opposite extremes (5) 4 Outfit on strike (7) 5 Frozen queen made sale (4) 6 Craig and Al hope to move to the islands (11) 10 Clan were excited to meet Lady Chatterly’s author (8) 11 Gymnast’s garment adjusted old rate (7) 14 Heavy rock keeps a thousand up late (5) 15 Shop around for beer flavour (4)