CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Relating to armed forces (8) 5. Object regarded as portending good or evil (4) 8. Humped ox (4) 9. Annoyed in a hostile way (8) 10.. Loads again (7) 12.. Disposes of in exchange for money (5) 15.. Cloth woven from flax (5) 16.. Wide-branched evergreen tree (7) 20.. Available assets (8) 21.. Stake (4) 22.. Practical joke (4) 23.. Final stage of a process (3,5)

DOWN

1. Polish national dance in triple time (7) 2. Descriptive word classifying people (5) 3. Supplied with weapons (5) 4. Sharp shrill cry or bark (4) 6. "Waltzing -------", Australian song (7) 7. Knobs on roots or branches (5) 11.. Another time (5) 12.. Instrument used for serving icecream (5) 13.. Clinical loss of memory (7) 14.. Sweet course of a meal (7) 15. Move suddenly and unsteadily (5) 17.. Surrender (5) 18.. Boredom (5) 19. Kind of soft cheese (4)

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