THURSDAY’S SOLUTION (No 8,318):

ACROSS: 1 Rubber-stamp. 7 Fore. 8 Emotive. 9 Tin. 10 Title. 11 Recess. 13 Sparse. 16 Score. 18 Rat. 19 Elevate. 20 Hilt. 21 To the letter. DOWN: 1 Rookie. 2 Beetle. 3 Events. 4 Short. 5 Aviator. 6 Precede. 11 Respect. 12 Closest. 13 Serene. 14 At that. 15 Sailor. 17 Evade.

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