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Press, 18 July 1979, Page 20

Across 1 — Current recessions. (4) 8— They make their names as proverbial listeners. (10) 9— Fellow actor? (8) 10— Divan, so far unfinished. (4) 12— Second importance. (6) 14— Quake in the centre, more or less. (6) 15— Disturb the master flow. (6) 17— Throw the French in a stronghold. (6) 18— If there’s a man around he’s from the U.S. (4) 19— They secure temporary accommodation. (4-4) 21— Extensive property. (10) 22— Southern timber used in window construction. (4) Down 2— Paperhanger who mails his account? (4-6) 3— Check part of the sailing tackle. (4) 4— Father divides the remains of a meal. (6) 5— Thanks! What’s borrowed is to be a gift. (6) 6— I left the priests in churches. (8) 7— A major land-mass, though it could be minor. (4) 11— Twelve-inch candles used in theatres. (10) 13— Train for employment. (8) 16— Decimal used in some tricky calculations. (6) 17— Frank is able — and proved it. (6) 18— We’re breaking up the vessel. (4) 20— Gives someone their due. (4) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution

Across: 7, Onion; 8, Trouble; 9, Nowhere; 10, Voter; 12, Constrains; 15. Auctioneer; 18, Tress; 19’ Gleaner; 21, Consort; 22, Eaten. Down: 1, Counteract; 2, Views; 3, Once; 4, Stress; 5, Converse; 6, Abstain; 11, Restaurant; 13, Omission: 14, Screens; 16, Negate; 17, Unity; 20, Eden.