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Press, 10 July 1979, Page 20

Across 1— One suffering from this finds it difficult to go on. (5-6) 9—Contemporary gift. (7) 10— Conductor is caricatured, we hear. (5) 11— They sound like justifiable claims for observances. (5) 12 — Not in the mail for remote station. (7) 13— Fray a piece of ribbon, by the sound of it. (6) 15— Girls upset by eastern fish. (6) 18— Passable method golfers should keep to. (7) 20— Rude mechanical instrument. (5) 22 — They spray water on the ramblers. (5) 23— Show too much enthusiasm in taking part. (7) 24— They’re indispensable when scene I is set differently. (11) Down 2— To give patient attention is an unusual plea sure. (5) 3—Had a shot at the visitor, one hears! (7) 4— Get to the bottom of a nautical measure. (6) 5— Piece of metal to go in tin alloy. (5) 6— Lock lubricator. (4-3) 7— Austere menu provided at Thermopylae? (7. 4) 8— By which bills are paid for the colonies. (11) 14—Produce a publication again about children. (7) 16— Take some thought to provide a mirror image. (7) 17— They support current mean.- of power. (6) 19— As wet as scrap material. (5) 21— A custom among industrious agents. (5)

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Yesterday’s solution

Across: 1, Evidence; 5, Acid; 9, Alas; 10, Spurious; 11, Curie; 12, Tripper; 13, General stores; 18, Absolved; 19, Scab; 20, Dormant; 21, Crate; 22, Dame; 23, Presence. Down: 2, Vulture; 3, Dislike; 4, Capital letter; 6, Cropper; 7, Deserts; 8, Artist; 13, Guarded; 14, Nostrum; 15, Reload. 16, Observe; 17, Elastic. t i