Sunderland Echo

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CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

How a handyman might exert pressure? (4,3,5) 7. Fed up and drilled

down (5)

8. Keep rodent I love in proportion (5)

Follow the animal (3)

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9. 10. Runners seen on court at

the double (9)

11. Melancholi­c with regret before terrible flu (6)

12. More appropriat­e

workman? (6)

15. Half this stealing is

pulsating (9)

17. Ate horrible meal (3) 18. Dance with odd graduate (5) 19. Bird of prey in windy Eastern

gale (5)

21. Ben, Ginger and owl at play

where Jack's on top (7,5)

Down

Cracking time for inclement weather? (12)

Seaman visible in abstract art (3)

3. Arouse affection in listener

after finish (6)

4. Christmas pursuit of girl

with fish (9)

5. Consumed at school, say (5) 6. Liberal nations cover protection of the landscape (12)

7. Listen in on the French

horn (5)

10. Sketch of human bit

improved by beginner (9)

13. Rank tile fell around

thatcher's head (5)

14. High-flyer to nip ego trip (6) 16. Casanova with capital love (5) 20. Choke at joke (3)

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