CROSSWORD ACROSS
Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares for the answer. Clue: Bug with loud resentment, then run away
7 Cement mixture (8) 9 Sole (6) 10 Anxiety (4) 11 Deviation (10) 12 Clothing (6) 14 General view (8) 15 Sea surrounding Malta and Cyprus (13) 17 Leave behind (8)
19 A run in tights (6) 21 Fatal __, 1987 film (10) 22 Noble, dignified (4) 23 Seafaring criminal (6) 24 Grasping firmly (8)
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1 Nottingham __, football team (6) 2 Antagonist in The Lion King (4)
3 A tie in competitions (4,4) 4 Beat (6)
5 Found in many places (10) 6 Social gathering (8) 8 Overhearing (13) 13 Relating to manufacturing (10)
15 K2, eg (8)
16 Ocean nicknamed ‘The Pond’ (8)
18 Type of firework (6) 20 Locomotive (6) 22 Anticipation (4)