CRYPTIC CLUES Across Down

1 Ardently enthusiastic, but discharged (5)

Make a clear statement of French assertion of rights (7)

8 & 9Ac Computer went into operation and had a neutralising effect (12)

See 8 Across

Check a bit of vicious temper (4)

Take police action again and bring up the others! (8) Sounds like a shroud for the early evangelist (4)

Only a brief state service (4) A fellow sailor of Tudor days producing a poisonous plant (8) An entreaty from the

French in Pennsylvania (4) Weapon that provides support for an injured member (5)

An apprentice to teach with ease! (7)

A fast mover who can't be trusted, we hear (7)

So the fellow outside is a builder (5)

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19 Doesn't turn one's back on the score - accepts the consequences (5,3,5)

Stir up brawls, by the sound of it (5)

The first of the diners consumed fruit (4)

Prepare the room for developments (6) He controls the meeting notwithstanding (8)

Naive but sounding 'orribly unsympathetic! (7)

Holiday area - meander near it for a change (13) Thorough description of one who is properly unconscious? (8) Thoughtful writers I have to follow (7)

Give an outline of southern boat (6)

Course necessary for chain-makers (5) Composed part of a lyrical movement (4)