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Across 1— Requisition for a sky-scraper, for instance. (4, 5) 8— Bountiful individuals hold nothing back. (3) 9— He gets to work on foot. (11) 11— Withhold information when insurance is raised. (5, 2) 12— Hunting parties stalk back round the end of the coppice. (5) 13— It’s used for mixing in the mortar. (6) 15— It’s not just a topless place of entertainment. (6) 17— Dance band half missing after strong drink. (5) 18— They prevent progress by craft. (7) 20— Keenly fought knitting competition? (6, 5) 22— Kind of rod needed for the racing car. (3) 23— Dismiss clerical dress as a sign of penance. (9) Down 2— Timber left by the fire. (3) 3_The fragrance of a European flower, we hear. (5) 4— Loses vitality and falls around the ring. (6) 5— Does he work in a track-suit? (7) 6— Where the exit sign is obsolescent. (2,3, 3,3) 7— The delights of a super sale, maybe. (9) 10— Sieges that will attract some interest. (11) 11— Properly reproduce literary protection. (9) 14— Unpleasant expressions about commercial chiefs. (7) 16— A girl upset by the first of the chutney seasoning. (6) 19— Kind of strip for a droll personality. (5) 21— This amount is required for the puma. (3) (Solution tomorrow) Saturday’s solution l Across: 7, Drones; 8, Lay off; 10, Inferno; 11, Tnuce; 12, Etna; 13, Snout; 17, Mabel; 18, Hero; 22, Right; 23, Villain; 24, Call up; 25, Income.

Down: 1, Admirer; 2, Confine; 3, Weary; 4, Gast out; 5, Lotus; 6,1 Often: 9, Go on leive; 14, Last out; 15, Lebanon; IK, Pointer; 19, CrackjP 20, Agile; 21, Bland.