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1 Get far ahead of (11) 9 Sheep (3) 10 Anticipation (9) 11 Senior (5) 13 Rapture (7) 14 Erase (6)

16 Part of the eye (6) 18 Slender tower (7) 19 Consecrate (5) 20 Fancied (9) 21 Epoch (3) 22 Starring part (7,4)

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2 Employ (3)

3 Put off (5) 4 Scream (6) 5 Performer (7) 6 Abandon (4,5) 7 Sleight of hand (11) 8 January 1st (3,5,3) 12 Depict (9) 15 Lingered (7) 17 Stress (6) 19 Purchaser (5) 21 Fish (3) Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Plug. 3 Apparent. 9 Enforce. 10 Clump. 11 Astonishment. 13 Engage. 15 Klaxon. 17 Indefensible. 20 Basis. 21 Spectre. 22 Enshrine. 23 Shut.

Down: 1 Prepared. 2 Unfit. 4 Please. 5 Accomplished. 6 Equinox. 7 Type. 8 Transgressor. 12 Interest. 14 Genesis. 16 Reason. 18 Batch. 19 Able.