The Mercury

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Short price I arranged too early for the record (11)

9 One who goes to court? (7) 10 There’s a catch in being flatcheste­d! (5)

11 A way to get out of the Geneva Declaratio­n (5)

12 It’s overlooked by some Muslim women (7)

13 A sleep must be disturbed, if you don’t mind (6)

15 Their function is to secure quiet in class (6)

18 Gets over life’s burdens (7) 20 Go easy – Mable is upset (5) 22 Showy fair lady? (5)

23 It is run on American lines (4-3)

24 Photograph monsters found in the garden (11)

DOWN

2 Dance and a drink to uplift a sailor (5)

3 Gear to make use of horsepower (7)

4 Wanders away from the streetligh­ts (6)

5 Go up to the French peers amorously (5)

6 This strange sum recalled Panama, perhaps (7) 7 Manufactur­e a carton and get rich (4,1,6)

8 Here speaks a writer for a change (11)

14 Noise or disturbanc­e can be wearing (7)

16 Giving willingly (7)

17 He takes a lot of interest (6) 19 Rascal camps out (5) 21 Breakfast food firm breaks an embargo (5)

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