QUICK CLUES

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1 Unsentimental (4-5) 8 Surpass (5)

9 Repartee (7)

10 Unruffled (6)

11 To slander (6)

12 Sale (8)

15 Having special ability (8) 18 Call in question (6) 20 Wanting food (6)

21 Old hand (7)

22 Passage between rows (5) 23 Non-alcoholic beverage (4,5)

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2 Tolerate (5)

3 Czech composer (6)

4 Exactly at agreed time (2,3,4) 5 Fastened (4,2)

6 Rejection of belief in deity (7) 7 Make a full confession (4,5) 11 At a very low price (4-5) 13 Grounds (8)

14 Indisposition (7)

16 Anxiety (6)

17 Seem (6)

19 Tiny hard particle (5)