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Across 4— Father returned to confirm the evidence and express satisfaction. (7) 8— A wild beast becomes less disturbed. (6) 9— Colonel-in-chief includes filly in the big race. (7) 10 and 23Ac.—Enter selected military unit and explain the minutiae. (2, 4,6) 11— One working on the farm is a craft director. (6) 12— The angler is holding a bicycle. (8) 18— Tip up public ash container. (8) 20— Shut up when the Afghan language is translated. (6) 21— Mowed a different piece of grassland. (6) 22— See 2 Down. 23— See 10 Across. 24— Object the potter’s reshaped. (7) Down I—They go off sausages. (7) 2 and 22Ac.—Is it committed by a London gang? (7, 7) 3—Plumbers are needed to measure them. (6) 5— Tropical feature from Lampeter. (4-4) 6— Take stock, but get the wrong result. (6) 7 and 17Dn.—A menace in the nunnery? (6, 6) 13— Completely defeats when recounts are revised. (8) 14— It casts a shadow on the present time. (3-4) 15— Where the writer got his material from. (3-4) 16— It polishes a shock absorber. (6) 17— See 7 Down. 19— It’s illegally used for smoking jacket! (6) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solutions Across: 1, Protractors; 9, Rod; 10, Ash blonde; 11, Unlit; 13, Imagine; 14, Latent; 16, Ledger, 18, Sceptre; 19, Monet; 20, Middleman; 21, Coo; 22, Oyster-shell. Down: 2, Red; 3, Toast; 4, Ash-pit; 5, Tillage; 6, Running in; 7, Troublesome; 8, Desecration; 12, Letter day; 15, Notelet; 17, Reamer; 19, Month; 21, Col. Across: 1, Fare; 3, Fast work; 9, Account; 10, Often; 11, Nest of tables; 13, Sheath; 15, Hebrew; 17, Profit margin; 20, Elite; 21, Awesome; 22, Figurine; 23a£tay. j Down: 1, Flatness; 2, Rocks; 4, Astute; 5, Tropble-maker, 6, Outweir; 7, Kind; 8, Put out of gear, 12, Swannery; 14, Ear-ring; 16, At dawn; 18, Ghost; 19, Deaf.