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Across I—Army rations at Thermopylae? (7, 4) 9—Can be observed as the power of understanding. (7) 10— A recess is pleasant about the end of March. (5) 11— Round the end of the harbour is the ray fish! (5) 12— The company must change eastern dress. (7) 13— Briefly putting on record and making an observation. (6) 15—Old. kind of light cloak. (6) 18—The fellow has a specified time for. command to be carried out. (7) 20—Father took the initiative and put up some fencing. (7) 22— One in part of the church — that’s simple. (5) ' 23— In a sense I’m breaking valuable crockery. (7) 24— Tuition isn't modified by this establishment. (11)

, Down 2— Adhesive used for imitation jewellery. (5) 3— Fixed system of administration for. nearly all the army unit. 4— Acts in strange capers. (6) 5— Essential parts ofjish; we hear, for northerners. (s)' 6— Reckon once more to tell the tale. (7) 7— Break up of the orchestra? (11) 8— Eternal description of the Unfinished Symphony.' (5-6) 14—Intones unusual strain. (7) 16— Gives somebody the. job — one linked with decimalisation, by the sound of it! (£). - . . . ■ 17— Capital protection for one who gets engaged! (6) 19—Get an entirely new order for the representative. (5) ;' 21-What the cowboy uses to give the girl a rmg. (5) (Solution tomorrow)

Yesterday’s solution

Across: I', Wheatear; 5, Leah; 9, Talc; 10, Articles; 11. Cheap;<l2. Lucerne; J 3. Fractiousness; 18, Chancels; 19, Tale; 20 Instead; 21. Scrip; 22, Nash; 23. Bv-passes.

Down; 2.. Heather; 3, Archaic;'4. April Fools' Day; 6. Enlarge; 7, Hostess; 8. Pieces; 13, Faction; 14. Amasses; 15, Ticker; 16. Notices: 17. Saltire.