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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Its days are numbered (7)
4 Wife returns about to be angry (5) 7 Bird’s mode of travel (4) 8 Carefully examines any seals broken (8) 10 Fix the rate, of course (3,3,4)
12 Gay as a lark? (6) 13 Approaching the resort of St Malo (6) 15 Drugs that I mix to become frantic (10) 18 Understood vessel could be reserved (8) 19 How odd a call to stop (4)
20 One backing a horse, it may be added (5) 21 Handy place for a painter to mix his colours (7)
DOWN
1 Hanging wasn’t good enough for Polonius (5) 2 Keep up support (8)
3 Article put in duplicate cover (6)
4 Old sailor has a stock of wine in a small vessel (4,6)
5 This oven has a ring outside for roasting (4) 6 Wrongly thrown into unsuitable role (7) 9 One who takes stock (10)
11 It’s not a close-up, you can bet on it (4,4) 12 Cartographer for hire? (7)
14 Excite with a bit of spooning (4,2) 16 Detect only a small amount (5)
17 Bill I’d rendered sharpish (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Eager to learn (7)
4 An excited cry (5)
7 Piece of work (4) 8 Ceremonial garment (8) 10 Stranded (4,3,3)
12 Tearjerker (6)
13 Tune (6)
15 Not working correctly (3,2,5) 18 Showy flowering shrub (8) 19 A support (4)
20 Shabby (5)
21 Rumour (7)
DOWN
1 A concealed difficulty (5) 2 Acquiescent (8) 3 Continuous (6)
4 Large, pulpy fruit (10) 5 In excess of (4) 6 Earthenware articles (7) 9 Customarily (10) 11 Central American country (8) 12 Financially unsound (7) 14 Fashionable (6) 16 Answer (5)
17 Neglect to do (4)