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1 Instrument (5) 4 Thumbed a lift (7) 8 Discovered (7) 9 Estimates (5) 10 Ode (4) 11 Literary retailer (8) 13 Hotel worker (4) 14 Sac containing fluid (4) 16 Sneak (8) 17 Mark (4) 20 Rub out (5) 21 Dirty (7) 22 Drugs (7) 23 Alcohol (5)

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1 Writing implements (9,4) 2 Serious (5) 3 Long periods (4) 4 New York river (6) 5 Old name for gaolers (8) 6 Axe (7) 7 Unexplained absence (13) 12 Medication (8) 13 Duck (7) 15 Thumps (6) 18 Belief (5) 19 Crust formed over a wound (4)