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CHALLENGE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 End with a shout and a squeak (5,4)
8 Main result of canoe capsizing (5)
9 Removal time guaranteed (7)
10 Barbershop singer (6)
11 Make merry and take in a show (6)
12 Expressed at even greater length (8)
15 Hip seams split by stress (8)
18 Goes off with the prizes (6)
20 First start then finish in ridicule (4,2)
21 See jazz group going round Asian capital (7)
22 A charge on collection (5)
23 It brings down the tone when depressed (4,5)
DOWN
2 Not insignificant regal order (5)
3 They’re worn to order perhaps (6)
4 Unconcerned about being negligent (8)
5 I get involved with tall love story (6)
6 They may be required to be met (7)
7 Tributes paid to confederated labour (5,4)
11 Once rises develop in shares it may disappear (9)
13 A ticket and a drink is what many travellers need (8)
14 Foreign vessel is shrouded in silence (7)
16 Those in the majority (6)
17 Romeo’s disposition is melancholic (6)
19 Scales in need of some calibration (5)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Difficult situation (5,4)
8 Circumvent (5)
9 Rumour (7)
10 Recoil instinctively (6)
11 Single long step (6)
12 Subvert (8)
15 Arousing compassion (8)
18 Consider (6)
20 Robbery of ships at sea (6)
21 Diabolical (7)
22 Course taken in travel (5)
23 Resist (9)
DOWN
2 i.e. (2,3)
3 Recluse (6)
4 Period of surveillance (8)
5 Limit of one’s resources (6)
6 Weariness (7)
7 Lacking resolution (4-5)
11 A broadcast serial drama (4,5)
13 Intrude beyond boundaries (8)
14 Horseman’s footrest (7)
16 Abstain from (6)
17 Deeply shocked (6)
19 Hold sway (5) Solutions to today's Sudoku and Kenken can be found in the Life & Arts content area of the A section. Crossword solutions will be with tomorrow's puzzles.