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; Across 1— Apt to be not on the level. (8) 5— Dull Celtic, poet | making a come-back. (4) 9—Medal that’s struck at dinnertime (4) 10— Hypersensitive to garlic concoction the French brought in. (8) 11— Walter gives a hand before the end of the day. (5) 12— Rock that come? from Tangier. (7) 13— Lacking any distinctive quality, like an actor without a part. (13) 18—Choose fish for preserving. (8) (19—Bitterness, we hear — because Caesar captured it? (4) 120—It is taken in by one colleague to copy. (7) 21— Kicks an old hotel servant. (5) 22— Back among the uneven integers. (4) 23— Barrier that provides cattle with some assistance, one hears. (8) Down 2— The lion in the'form of Stone Age artefact. (7) 3— Having slimmed, the girl looks different. (7) 4— What those in the Dark Ages were deprived of? (13) 6— Music for when the carnival takes place. (7) 7— Speculators who suffer reverses. (7) 8— Put things right and couple up again? (6) 13— International gets into amended headline. (7) 14— Kind of bridge! to knock down. (7) 15— On the surface! there’s nothing to be found in a maisonette. (6) 16— Regular record published as an aid to mathematicians? (3-4) 17— Did some tricks, like a dwarf. (7) j (Solution tomorrow) Saturday’s solution Across: 1, Hyphen: 4, Docked; 9, Spirited reply; 10, Lioness; 11, Maine; 12, Telly; 14. Knots; 18, About; 19, Achieve; 21, Pewter tankard; 22, Thrash; 23, Beaker.

Down: 1, Hustle; 2, Prisoner-of-war; 3, Elite; 5, Oarsman; 6, Kept in the dark; 7, Dryden; 8, Lease; 13, Letters; 15, Carpet; 16, Party; 17, Tender; 20, Hence.