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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 What a waiter or cleric does (5,6) 9 Sends abroad for money (7) 10 It may be struck in a game (5) 11 Rush in three directions at once! (4) 12 Give an account of a French writer (8) 14 Eager to be camping? (6) 16 A capital fighting maxim (6) 18 In use, can turn into a problem (8) 19 I am after a levy for transport (4) 22 Tongue of land surrounding a lake that’s overflowed (5) 23 Has to boil stew or get rid of it (7) 24 Scottish family needs it made secret (11)

DOWN

2 It fell to Newton to notice gravity (5) 3 Nobleman of clear lineage (4) 4 Could be used to put out (6) 5 Tom cared about a US politician (8) 6 Doesn’t release the nastier version (7) 7 Confirm new bits are news (4,7) 8 Spokesman? (11) 13 Prepare for take-off (8) 15 Getting only four in a test is not worth talking about (7) 17 It’s used to cut the pack (3,3) 20 A right to be different from others (5) 21 Sailor’s refuge in drink (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Sioux warrior chief (7,4) 9 Gap (7) 10 Mushrooms, toadstools etc. (5) 11 To glut (4) 12 Horse used for breeding (8) 14 Calculate (6) 16 Alliance (6) 18 An inebriate (8) 19 Make indistinct (4) 22 Metalworker (5) 23 To profane (7) 24 Large and lumbering (11)

DOWN

2 i.e. (2,3) 3 Hard work (4) 4 Nullify (6) 5 Happened to (8) 6 Unfulfilled desire (7) 7 Pungent culinary root (11) 8 Brave (4-7) 13 Small factory (8) 15 Decisive (7) 17 Unimportant details (6) 20 Get to know (5) 21 A fortified wine (4)