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Double Crossword

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CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

6. An extravagan­t sort of poet? (7)

7. Nothing is as it should be (5) 9. Woman getting a jewel back (3)

10. Have to rely, somehow, on two pints every three months (9)

12. Did Sara peep, perhaps, as it vanished (11)

15. P.S. Dr can soon reveal both sides (4,3,4)

17. Interpret art seen over at Len’s place (9)

19. Article Catherine hides (3) 21. Twelve sleep on the first night (5)

22. Entails a change to make it conspicuou­s (7)

Down

1. Chose to reorganise the depot (5)

2. Some undrinkabl­e liquid (3) 3. Bill of fare for people at university, initially (4) 4. Monarch with distinctiv­e legs? (5,4)

5. Church on the Spanish main for a football team (7) 8. Subject without right to be Cancer or Capricorn (6)

11. One unable to conform with the residents, perhaps? (9) 13. Man giving a service to the elderly (6)

14. Ref concealing right position in the box for fictional character (4,3)

16. Chain letters from an oriental country (5)

18. Kate ordered wood (4) 20. Refuse collector’s gratuity? (3)

QUICK CLUES:

Across

6. Part (7)

7. Silly (5)

9. Snoop (3)

10. Maelstrom (9)

12. Act pompously (11) 15. Commemorat­ion (11) 17. Scent (9)

19. Mimic (3)

21. Merged (5)

22. Close (7)

Down

1. Cheerful (5) 2. Pig-pen (3) 3. Insect (4) 4. Police rank (9) 5. Boorish (7) 8. Gain (6)

11. Alien (9)

13. Yarn (6)

14. Cheat (7) 16. Flavouring (5) 18. Hew (4) 20. Appropriat­e (3)

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