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GIVE YOUR BRAIN A WORKOUT

ACROSS

7 Fix metal stand, removing front (5) 9 Notes subject is in an abnormal place (7) 10 Answer – yours truly has changed into a bird or a reptile (7) 11 Bend over backwards to captivate European star (5) 12 Ruler has endless fruit (6) 13 When my organisation has left union protection (6) 16 Sleek arrangement acquires hard cash (6) 17 Ran off to elderly American traitor (6) 19 Caught sailor joining a Liberal clique (5) 21 Reading to rule out accepting shocking treatment (7) 22 Pole broken by weight of group of cyclists (7) 23 Queen’s back to get a laxative (5)

DOWN

1 State a Republican has started another (8) 2 Make pale tea, brewed after energy and toil used (8) 3 Automobile veered around embankment (5)

4 Virile guy has way to turn damsel’s head (4) 5 Article about plains first shows some backbone (6,6) 6 Second hired transport is for non-union man (4)

8 Bell leant crazily behind vehicle due to some radiation (3,5,4)

14 City in Sicily’s borders wears a curse (8)

15 Evil dame flourished in the Middle Ages (8) 18 Nothing about time after loud rock (5) 19 Garment for Catholic primate (4)

20 Stringed instrument among wind instruments (4)