Daily Maverick

DEVLIN’S DIABOLIC CRYPTIC XWORD

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Across

1 Tax obligation (4)

3 Cyril etc play around on kids’ vehicle (8) 9 Drawing cardboard box with nothing inside (7)

10 Relative newcomer heading into cryptic clue (5)

11 A long word for shortening (12)

13 Sea creature tells funny story about whale tail (6)

15 French cheeses sound like piece of cake (6)

17 Boxes for money? Sidesteps oaf in a frenzy! (4-8)

20 Frost beginning to drive squirrel away (5)

21 Greek god has the right animal (7) 22 Control pace of fashion? (8)

23 Rabbits heading off to Greek god (4)

Down

1 One with supreme authority to tell you what to write? (8)

2 Broth mixed with pulse (5)

4 Nevada city takes one right to artist (6) 5 Contrast of pet to unicorn (12)

6 Go by bike, holding on in high wind (7) 7 Sheep use this sound (4)

8 What Elvis sang to the nurse he adored? (4,2,6)

12 Worried over sweets after dinner (8) 14 Marine battle heading for disaster offshore (7)

16 Remove pimples from 1 down? (6) 18 Blood of gods from which Orion benefits (5)

19 Friend thrown to the sharks? (4)

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