Across I—People with such a depression may still look happy. (6) 4— Found and copied. (6) 9—May it enable weighty measures to be taken at the end of the financial year? (6, 7) 10— Stretches between bends. (7) 11— Clean down. (5) 12— Clean down! (5) 14— Play time. (5) 18— Alloy turns out to be dependable. (5) 19— Game in which every throw-in counts. (7) <2l—Good diction, perhaps, but it can cause offence. (5, 8) 22— Excuses that we hear give satisfaction. (6) 23— Hit on an advertising catch-phrase. (6) Down 1— Leave behind waste. (6) 2— The speed at which we go? (9, 4) 3— Start off without a meal. (5) 5— Once you recuperate, you must decline to do this. (7) 6— Looking or just thinking about it. (13) 7— Chaperon is due to take up the girl. (6) ( B—lnvective for a sailor to employ. (5) 13— Money making gifts. (7) 15— Uprising students make a blunder. (4, 2) 16— Shoot a bird from hiding. (5) 17— Give the signal to pass a bottle of wine. (6) 20— Follow an exceptional trial. (5) (Solution on Monday) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Fait accompli; 7, Minim; 8, Scrap; 9, Ell; 10, Contender; 11, Parish; 12, Lavish; 15, Intestate;. 17, Ton; 18, Total: 19, Tenor; 21, Presbyterian. Down: 1, Fingerprints; 2, Awn; 3. Cement; 4, Misbehave; 5. Lurid; 6, Apprehension; 7, Molar; 10, Cash sales; 13, Inter; 14, Paltry; 16, Tutor; 20, Nee.
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