Portsmouth News

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CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

6. Someone deciding to make rarebit (7)

7. Softmelodi­esfor couples (5)

9. Appears to make sound joints (5)

10. He's nice for providing a meal (7)

12. Intelligen­ce in the making (11)

14. It won't keep you fully occupied (4-4,3)

18. One needs a couple of rings to get this number (7)

19. Turner writes articles in French and English (5)

21. Separate verse form (5) 22. His initial confusion was amusing (7)

Down

1. In a small way you'll find me prepared to fight (5)

2. He may fly from Marian (6)

3. Carve a name, we hear (3)

4. Edible wood? (6)

5. Don't stop, although a person's upset (5,2)

8. My niche, a cleft in a cliff? (7)

11. Fir cone, perhaps, seen in the wood (7)

13. Greetings that affect us least (7)

15. I tried a more orderly arrangemen­t (6)

16. A speaker who is skilled at splitting alternativ­es (6)

17. What one does is appropriat­e (5)

20. Fit for a little physical training (3)

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