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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Queer togs strangely incongruous (9) 8 Doctor to die in agony having no water left (5) 9 It’s said wildly in a row to show contempt (7) 10 One is about a month in arrears. Agree? (6) 11 Church officer in charge gets cross in graveyard (6) 12 Computer equipment difficult to wear out (8) 15 Kindly feeling not hard to place (4,4) 18 Ladies who reform become perfect examples (6) 20 Place to meet after a drive (6) 21 Attractive alternative to losing all the matches (7) 22 Money is a bait that takes many in (5) 23 Close relations in The Guards perhaps (9) Down 2 A little extra is equivalent to a salary increase (5) 3 Hitherto why boys telephone girls (2,4) 4 Puts chit out for repair (6,2) 5 Possibly deduce it’s extracted (6) 6 Free translation of braille (7) 7 The followers stand here when assembled (9) 11 He painted pictures of the country policeman (9) 13 Withdrawing again losing interest (8) 14 Transgression produces resentment (7) 16 So accustomed to being in a pickle (6) 17 Unusual Eastern taste shown in china service (3,3) 19 Spirit rises after the French animal appears (5)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Of inferior quality (5-4) 8 Push roughly (5) 9 Definite intention (7) 10 Small crustacean (6) 11 Scene of uproar (6) 12 To bully (8) 15 Seeming (8) 18 Badly ventilated (6) 20 Right away (2,4) 21 To quarrel (4,3) 22 Invalidate (5) 23 Final intolerable imposition (4,5) DOWN 2 Accommodate (5) 3 Little gentle wave (6) 4 Look like (8) 5 Avoid (6) 6 Tree of fir, pine etc. genus (7) 7 Hold off (4,2,3) 11 Secede (5,4) 13 Be too clever for (8) 14 Assign a post to (7) 16 Summon to return (6) 17 Throat (6) 19 Region’s animal life (5)