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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1 How, initially, ownership may be established (8) 5 Kind of door catch (4) 9 Former Chinese leader holds a bill for port (5) 10 Fancy - game in one move (7) 11 Induced to become religious? (3,2,7) 13 The insecure should when they lose heart (6) 14 Is and isn’t one way to be emphatic (6) 17 With fear past, resume the ins and outs of daily living (7,5) 20 A snuff-taker (7) 21 Remain and suffer (5) 22 Island where the sun shines, we hear (4) 23 Evidently a painter of note (8)
DOWN 1 This reminds me to go to the doctor (4) 2 The heart of the matter (7) 3 They’ll write for you - if the spirit takes them? (12) 4 A disposition of arms (6) 6 Breed fish, we hear (5) 7 Introduces ten changes in newspapers (8) 8 It may result not only in the weather breaking! (7,5) 12 Doesn’t keep the orchestra together (8) 15 This character may need capital (7) 16 Riches gained by breaking the law (6) 18 Literary effort? (5) 19 Twisted wire could be a danger to riverboats (4) QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 North central US state (8) 5 Former Iranian monarch (4) 9 Soundly based (5) 10 Savagery (7) 11 A foreboding (12) 13 Be too clever for (6) 14 Unchanging (6) 17 Concurrent (12) 20 Souvenir (7) 21 Different (5) 22 Apiece (4) 23 Inclination (8) DOWN 1 Budge (4) 2 Guilty person (7) 3 Unruliness (12) 4 Emphasis (6) 6 Reduce by 50 per cent (5) 7 Outdoor pile of fodder (8) 8 Ignored and neglected (3,2,3,4) 12 Clear meat soup (8) 15 Anneal (7) 16 In abundance (6) 18 Mock by imitation (5) 19 Fight (4)