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Press, 10 March 1984, Page 16

Across 7— Rings in the ring. (6) 8— Photographic equipment arrived to take internal X-ray. (6) 10— Plant producing money for the kitty? (7) 11— Took great risks when cut into cubes. (5) 12— Choose an implement for excavating. (4) 13— Cancel article not needed in yearbook. (5) 17— Material to cram in. (5) x 18— Pledge piece on board? (4) 22— He’s jolly well known for piracy. (5) 23— Everything in the display is lacking in depth. (7) 24— Niggardly — but keen to swindle someone. (6) 25— Handbook for the keyboard. (6)

Down 1— Arm-muscle takes only an instant to add postscript. (7) 2— Magistrate gets merely evidence of freeze. (7) 3— Allow in to confess. (5) 4— As given by worker on strike to journalists? (7) 5— Cheap spoilt fruit (5) 6— Father would need long legs to catch an insect! (5) 9—Be absolutely firm and endure period of abstinence. (5, 4) 14— Accommodation rates go haywire. (7) 15— Heartless visit brings nothing to you and me. (7) 18— Not exactly a man of learning! (4-3) 19— is obviously wrong. (5) 20— An addition repeated. (5) 21— In any pub, an alcoholic drink is commonplace. (5) i (Solution on Monday)

, Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Dusty; 4, Private; 8, Cabaret; 9, Finer, 10, Over, 11, Goings-on; 13, Soap; 14, Fray; 16, Metaphor; 17, Adam; 20, Stole; 21, Glaxier; 22, Contest; 23, . ■ ; >

Down: 1, Doctor of music; 2, Sabre; 3, Yard; 4, Petrol; 5, Infantry; 6, Amnesty; 7, Errand of mercy; 12, Earpiece; 13, Sit down; 15, Forget; 18, Drift; 19, Made. j