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Press, 18 March 1987, Page 20

Across 1— A spot for a vertical descent. (4) 8— Condition that causes one to prefer the low life? (10) 9— One who’s just played a leading part in the match. (5-3) 10— Apostolically, they follow John. (4) 12— Obliged to be unnatural. (6) 14— Press publicity made by a diver. (6) 15— Father and mother going round an American republic. (6) 17— Prevents movement near the western borders. (6) 18— Deserted port. (4) 19— Half an hour after the office has been ruined, he attends to the locks. (8) 21— Occasionally the present linked with the past. (3, 3,4). 22— One of these indicates indefinite futurity. (4) Down 2— Put a new coat on? (10) 3— It covers the tomb of an early evangelist, we hear. (4) 4— About the end of the battle, the mob shouted triumphantly. (6) 5— Black suit used in the digs. (6) 6— Everything in garbled codes is styled thus. (2-6) 7— State cut short the service. (4) 11— Relish completely in a discriminating way. (10) 13— To applaud a role that’s turned up will be just empty words. (9) 16— Race madly round present-day covered precinct. (6) 17— Her wit could make you move in agony. (6) 18— Country boy round the north. (4) 20— Kitty requiring some of the stuff underneath. (4) (Solution Tomorrow) « solution V ’Across: 7, Raise; 8, Enlarge; 9, Shallot; 10, Tunic; 12, Separation; 15, Tapestries; 18, Realm; 19, Tarnish; 21, Gremlin; 22, Easel.

Down; 1, Prosecutor; 2, Vital; J, Zeal; 4, Bertha; 5, Flatmate; 6, Frantic; 11, Centre-half; 13, Ensemble, 14, Apparel; 16, Rating; 17, Tipsy; 20, Reed.