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Across 7— Aches from the recoil of a rifle? (8, 5) 8— Insect with a lot to learn? (8) 9— Narrate the adventures of an outlaw? (4) 10— Stays in company with the right clique. (6) 12— Stern test or transaction. (6) 14— Wood and metal container on the beach. (6) 16— Eagerly Len rummaged about in the locker. (6) 18— Offers to take the lot? (4) 20— It’s rash returning yet has some worth inside. (8) 22—It offers protection to buyer and seller alike. (7, 6) Down 1— Talks about port transport. (8) 2— They don’t like gooseberries. (6) 3— Not a serious quarrel though it turns very noisy. (4) 4— Not a pretty sight on the face of things. (4, 4) 5— Separated and left. (6) 6— A duck egg blue. (4) 11— What scores of young people are in? (8) 13— It’s at the centre of revolutions in transport. (4-4) 15— Could be used to put out. (6) 17— Slips in proofs of humanity? (6) 19— A good likeness. (4) 21— There’s nothing to say for such acting. (4) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Shoe; 8, Comes round; 9, Shrouded; 10, Down; 12, Lassie; 14, Sparse; 15, Impair; 17, Rasher; 18, Once; 19, Singular; 21, Spoilsport; 22, Oars. Down: 2, Highwayman; 3, Echo; 4, Smudge; 5, Asides; 6, Roadways; 7, Eden; 11, Waste paper, 13, Spare rib; 16, Resist; 17, Ransom; 18, Oast; 20, Unto.