Derby Telegraph

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. Bustle and impel backwards, as required by the horseman (8)

5. A ring – little Henry has a circle (4)

9. Flower of one’s eye (4)

10. Purloin the summary (8)

11. As used by conductor imploring cricket captain not to declare? (5)

12. Repeat: unable to read, but not ill (7)

13. Lengths made or amended for the little pet (6,7)

18. I am shortly on the move, still (8)

19. Some property belonging to the cowboy? (4)

20. Having woken up, found employment in road repair (7)

21. A last alteration of the map (5)

22. Is it an irritant in the eye? Shore is, sometimes! (4)

23. Piece of music with unreal conclusion (8)

DOWN

2. Rent turmoil needed to raise the wind! (7)

3. Ponders about how to make a reply (7)

4. Time off for everyone – unless you’re an army private? (6,7)

6. A mother insect is unyielding (7)

7. Last longer than an overcoat, maybe (7)

8. 13 Across’s tail transforme­d – get the drift? (6)

13. Instrument­s find it in sugar mixture (7)

14. Satirise luminary with nothing on (7)

15. Half of them, chief, are needed to make a raised pattern (6)

16. Exaggerate the prison sentence (7)

17. Former extent of level land to account for (7)

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