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Press, 5 April 1983, Page 12

Across 1— Skilled craftsmen? (11) 9—All bent on making a game of it. (7) 10— A swell operator doesn’t get on. (5) 11— Offensive film location. (5) 12— Is in hides to see birds. (7) 13— Attacked — bombed perhaps. (6) 15— A colourless individual. (6) 18— New role, but it may result in difficulty. (7) 20— Vessel carrying fuel from Loire. (5) 22— Love to take part in pictures. (2,3) 23— Terminated the sitting, presumably. (5, 2) 24— Boring possibly, but shrewd. (11) Down 2— Can’t bear inordinate haste. (5) 3— A priest making money in Egypt (7) 4— Very much like sauce. (6) 5— Short pants. (5) 6— Ends interim arrangements. (7) 7— Intelligence in the making. (11) 8— It checks on underground movement. (11) 14— Rich fabric with an outstanding design. (7) 16— Guard gives a warning. (4, 3) 17— Steer awkwardly round a difficult problem. (6) 19— Club he joined for a swim. (5) 21— Like a ship taking many to port. (5) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1/ Careless; 5, Lira; 9, Wake; 10, Calendar; 11, Typed; 12, Lariats; 13, Statisticians; 18, Stamp Out; 19, Herd; 20, Emotion; 21, Orbit; 22, Toys; 23, Prestige.

Down: 2, Analyst; 3, Element; 4, Scarlet runner; 6, Indiana; 7, Arrests; 8, Metric; 13, Suspect; 14, Analogy; 15, Impair; 16, Inherit; 17, Nursing.