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Press, 9 February 1982, Page 16

Across I—Headgear that involves work. (3, 3) 4— No corner stone? (6) 9—One always searching for new tunes? (5-3, 5) 10— Being safe in the end is guaranteed. (7) 11— Compare fifty-one with knowledge. (5) 12— The directors don’t sound very keen. (5) 14— Gun is out of order in practice. (5) 18— Fruit of the melon variety. (5) 19— Sort of study carried out by bathyscope? (2,5) 21— Twister making an honest living. (13) 22— Intentionally exasperating? (6) 23— His work entails grave preparation. (6) Down 1— Start talking of payment for suckers. (6) 2— Do some ironing when in need? (5. 3,5) 3— Hate the sailor cutting short a hornpipd. (5) 5— Puts the sheep to bed? (7) 6— Where strain will cause a parting. (8-5) 7— Coming to a conclusion. (6) 8— Doesn’t allow to become 13 down? (5) 13— The opposite of praise? Well, no! (3, 4) 15— To extract information is illegal, we hear. (6) 16— Measure right round. (5) 17— Turn pale when it is included. (6) 20— Urged on a herd of cows. (5) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Fan dance; 5, Limp; 9, Iago; 10, Buttress; 11. Midge; 12, Tonnage; 13. Weather-beaten; 18, Machines; 19, Toot; 20. Nearest; 21, Civic; 22, Yams; 23. Drilling. Down: 2. Avarice; 3, Drought; 4, Counterfeiter; 6, Inexact; 7, Postern; 8. Stance; 13, Womanly; 14, Acclaim; 15, Hailed; 16, AntHill; 17. Emotion. “The Press” apologises to those readers who attempt the crossword each morning for the confusion of the last three days. The printing of one crossword out of sequence has meant that the solutions appearing on Saturday and Monday were not the solutions to the crosswords which appeared on Friday and Saturday respectively. We print the correct solutions for the crosswords which appeared on Friday and Saturday below. This is the solution to the crossword which appeared on Friday, February 5: Across: 1, Habit-forming; 7, Sense; 8, Strut; 9, Spa; 10. Staircase; 11, Heroin; 12, Assail; 15, Long shots; 17, Arc; 18, Naive; 19, U-boat; 21, Person of note. Down: 1, Holds the line; 2. Tan; 3, One way; 4, Mistrusts; 5, Norma; 6, Steeplechase; 7, Stair; 10, Spinsters; 13, Apart; 14, Column; 16, Noise; 20, Oaf. This is the solution to the crossword which appeared on Saturday, February 6: Across: 1, Hour-glasses; 9, Digests; 10, Robin; 11, Senor; 12. Nigeria; 13. Faster. 15. Ignore; 18, Amnesia; 20, Issue; 22, Cheat; 23, Hideout; 24. Neertle-erait. Down: 2, Organ; 3, Reserve; 4, Losing; 5, Sprag; 6, Embargo; 7, Ides of March; 8, Engagements; 14, Sincere; 16, Grinder: 17, Mashie; 19, Sated; 21, Scoff.