GENERAL CROSSWORD

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1. Please reply (4)

4. Hedging shrub (6)

8. Aiding (7)

9. In conclusion (5)

10. Leave out (4)

11. Predict (8)

13. Mower (5,6)

17. Risk-taking actor (8)

19. Carbonated water (4)

21. Between (5)

22. Tax-exempt (3-4)

23. Rank (6)

24. Glimpse (4)

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2. A noncommissioned officer (7)

3. Bucket (4)

4. Flat chested (male) (6-7)

5. Character (8)

6. Roof over-hang (5)

7. Phonograph records (collq) (5)

8. Circular band (4)

12. Confined to a small group (8)

14. Experience that gratifies the self (3,4)

15. Jellied stock (5)

16. Domesticated (4)

18. Beyond the range (5)

20. Supporting shaft of wheel (4)