Sunderland Echo

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CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. As craft firm wrongly

dealing in weapons... (4,7) 9 . ... summit demands some action to prevent operations (3)

10. Spread of former strained

relations (9)

There's an evil spirit in the diadem, one is told (5)

French capitalist not doing justice to amusement park (7)

14. Priest forms new band (6) 16. Ignore such an area (6)

18. Wrongly name a single

flower (7)

11.

13. 19. Because not again heartfelt (5) 20. Keenly fought contest in

which 100 don't win (5,4)

21. Take to court, but issue is

lost (3)

22. Does it yield much food for

thought? (7,4)

Down

2. Epitaph for a profligate? (3) 3. There may be yarn in leaders seeking kudos even in newspapers (5)

4. Confirm if a try is in order (6) 5. Fine can provide the money (7) 6. Mimicry of a literary work

adapting an old style (9)

7. State aid can turn out to be a

remote possibilit­y (2,1,8) 8. What it costs to charm one's

way in? (8,3)

12. Partly dotty signalling

system (5,4)

15. Top rose is really the worst (7) 17. Remember to pay another

visit? (6)

19. Tames source of motive power (5)

Child in unseasonab­le clothing (3)

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