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Across I—City investment? (5) 4—Officer apt to be taken in by a murderer. (7) 8— A doctor going to fish is taking gentle exercise. (7) 9— Outstanding result of love taking wing. (5) 10— Girl in a road accident. (4) 11— Usurer’s great concern. (8) 13— Lame ducks maybe. (4) 14— Revise in a creditable way. (4) 16— Compellingly kind. (8) 17— Mineral in crystal-clear form. (4) 20— Doctor joins a mother in play. (5) 21— It enhances the auctioneer’s standing. (7) 22— Turned to trade that’s new. (7) 23— She makes two points about Western democracy. (5) Down 1— Fixed rule deciding priority in a queue? (8,5) 2— It dies at the end of three months. (5) 3— Live up to a wicked description. (4) 4— Forcible company man. (6) 5— Goes for profits. (8) 6— Insect swallows fruit for nourishment. (7) 7— Vigilant chap who may never have to do a day’s work? (13) 12— He’s bound to better himself elsewhere. (8) 13— Man of fashion who went to the top at sea. (7) 15— Disturbed drones didn’t enjoy quiet retirement. (6) 18— Cares for some land. (5) 19— Is doubling as a goddess. (4) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 3, Last straw; 8, Tube; 9, Middle-men; 10, Cutlet; 11, Clasp; 14, Racks; 15, Mood; 16, Embus; 18, Over, 20, Water, 21, Sabre; 24, Bypass; 25, Mortgages; 26, Rate; 27, Steersmen. Down: 1, Stock-room; 2, Obstacles; 4, Adit; 5, Tidal; 6, Theism; 7, Aped; 9, Meuse; 11, Cable; 12, Portrayal; 13, Addressee; 17, Sways; 19, Rattle; 22, Reams* 23, Coat; 24, Bede. A < * * • ; I