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1-across – Compare with : SETAGAINST

7-across – Loot : PLUNDER

8-across – Tine : PRONG

10-across – Similar : LIKE

11-across – Camile, Danish-French impressionist painter, d.1903 : PISSARRO

13-across – Summon by gesture : BECKON

15-across – Enter : COMEIN

17-across – Rare : UNCOMMON

18-across – Swollen whip mark on the skin : WEAL

21-across – Condescend : DEIGN

22-across – Lines of descent : ORIGINS

23-across – Less adequate alternative : SECONDBEST

1-down – Lie in wait : SKULK

2-down – Fuss : TODO

3-down – Desert rodent, often kept as a pet : GERBIL

4-down – Charlatan — is to romp : IMPOSTOR

5-down – Punish severely : SCOURGE

6-down – Entranced : SPELLBOUND

9-down – Without good reason : GROUNDLESS

12-down – Green Beret : COMMANDO

14-down – Recreational drug : COCAINE

16-down – Useless : NOGOOD

19-down – Decree : EDICT

20-down – 10c coin : DIME

5-across – Comparative existence of rich and poor? : HOWTHEOTHER

7-across – Small drink : DRAM

8-across – Two slices with something in between : SANDWICH

9-across – Face-to-face : VISAVIS

11-across – See 5 : LIVES

13-across – Problems and difficulties : AGGRO

14-across – Ivy or Virginia, for example : CREEPER

16-across – Make less intellectual : DUMBDOWN

17-across – See 5 : HALF

18-across – Swiss-born French architect and urban planner — I bore ulcers : LECORBUSIER

1-down – Do the butterfly, perhaps? : SWIM

2-down – Car frame : CHASSIS

3-down – Pretty : BONNY

4-down – When the curtain goes up? : SHOWTIME

5-down – Large common seabird : HERRINGGULL

6-down – American oil magnate, d. 1937 : ROCKEFELLER

10-down – Exercise that increases the need for oxygen : AEROBICS

12-down – She or him, for example : PRONOUN

15-down – I didn’t quite catch that? : SORRY

17-down – Someone expected to inherit : HEIR

1-across – Venetian construction across which prisoners were once led to trial : BRIDGEOFSIGHS

8-across – Awkward stupid person : OAF

9-across – New Zealand’s highest point : MOUNTCOOK

10-across – Medicinal extract in a solution of alcohol : TINCTURE

11-across – Motor vehicle by rank? : TAXI

13-across – Restrict the consumption of something : RATION

14-across – Metal present in common salt : SODIUM

16-across – Ribbon worn over the shoulder : SASH

17-across – Tepid : LUKEWARM

20-across – Striped buzzer : BUMBLEBEE

21-across – Hostelry : INN

22-across – National motto of the USA : EPLURIBUSUNUM

1-down – Amplify : BOOST

2-down – So small as to be barely discernible : INFINITESIMAL

3-down – Fortitude and determination : GUMPTION

4-down – Body of artistic or literary work : OEUVRE

5-down – Adam’s third son : SETH

6-down – Growth to worldwide scale : GLOBALISATION

7-down – Religion founded in India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak : SIKHISM

12-down – Filleted : BONELESS

13-down – A complete joke! : RISIBLE

15-down – Loud confused noise : HUBBUB

18-down – Note : MINIM

19-down – Speak indistinctly : SLUR

1-across – Accidental written mistake : SLIPOFTHEPEN

9-across – Restorative : TONIC

10-across – Common painkiller : ASPIRIN

11-across – Duelling sword : EPEE

12-across – Untroubled : CAREFREE

14-across – Beat by cunning : OUTFOX

15-across – Stupefy : BEMUSE

18-across – Postponement : DEFERRAL

20-across – Festivity : GALA

22-across – Best ventilated : AIRIEST

23-across – Mêlée : BRAWL

24-across – Dragged one’s feet : DILLYDALLIED

2-down – Forbearing : LENIENT

3-down – Robin Goodfellow : PUCK

4-down – Mêlée : FRACAS

5-down – Occurred : HAPPENED

6-down – Less adulterated : PURER

7-down – Cannot be replenished : NONRENEWABLE

8-down – By hearsay : ATSECONDHAND

13-down – Politeness : COURTESY

16-down – In the dark : UNAWARE

17-down – Phrase repeated to aid meditation : MANTRA

19-down – Like a wild animal : FERAL

21-down – Ancient Greek coin : OBOL

1-across – Up-and-down road : SWITCHBACK

7-across – Tacit : UNSPOKEN

8-across – Latin American farm labourer : PEON

9-across – Bullet — punch : SLUG

10-across – Supreme : PRESUME

12-across – Rock group with vocalist Robert Plant : LEDZEPPELIN

14-across – Teach : EDUCATE

16-across – Near : NIGH

19-across – __ Hardie, first leader of the Labour Party : KEIR

20-across – Occurring often : FREQUENT

21-across – Piratical adventurers : BUCCANEERS

1-down – Lieder, chansons etc : SONGS

2-down – Seize and take into legal custody : IMPOUND

3-down – Drink — drug — fuel : COKE

4-down – Unable to pay one’s debts : BANKRUPT

5-down – Sleeveless cloaks — promontories : CAPES

6-down – Ten a penny : COMMON

11-down – Feeling or expressing blissful happiness : BEATIFIC

12-down – Account book : LEDGER

13-down – Spare time : LEISURE

15-down – Greek holiday island : CORFU

17-down – Crew members : HANDS

18-down – Eager : KEEN

5-across – England v Scotland rugby trophy : CALCUTTACUP

7-across – Horrible : UGLY

8-across – In a spineless manner : CRAVENLY

9-across – See 18 : COMPLEX

11-across – Common English surname : SMITH

13-across – Barely sufficient : SCANT

14-across – See 6 : CORRECT

16-across – Swamp : INUNDATE

17-across – Flick : FILM

18-across – Unrealistic feeling of general inadequacy : INFERIORITY

1-down – See 17 : PLAY

2-down – Accelerate : QUICKEN

3-down – Meat : STEAK

4-down – Sensational newspaper headline — mere scar : SCREAMER

5-down – Those well-informed on a particular subject : COGNOSCENTI

6-down – Avoiding expressions or actions that could offend those who feel disadvantaged : POLITICALLY

10-down – Small folding blade : PENKNIFE

12-down – Tedium : BOREDOM

15-down – A Scottish child? : BAIRN

17-down – Just treatment of others : FAIR

1-across – Upper part of a dress : BODICE

4-across – Press into ridges : CRIMP

7-across – Subatomic particle : PROTON

8-across – Portion of the scriptures read in church : LESSON

9-across – High tight collar : RUFF

10-across – Intrude : TRESPASS

12-across – Mixture of two things in equal proportions : HALFANDHALF

17-across – Someone not belonging to the nobility : COMMONER

19-across – Kiln : OVEN

20-across – Move unsteadily : TEETER

21-across – Body of people united by their homeland : NATION

22-across – Pipes : HOSES

23-across – Official holiday break : RECESS

1-down – Administrative division of a large city : BOROUGH

2-down – Fulfilling one’s obligations : DUTIFUL

3-down – Hold back — non-racist : CONSTRAIN

4-down – Game for two : CHESS

5-down – Set up, ready for use : INSTALL

6-down – Chastise : PUNISH

11-down – Fortitude : ENDURANCE

13-down – Unmotivated : AIMLESS

14-down – Ale pots : APOSTLE

15-down – UK shipping forecast area : FAEROES

16-down – Put an end to : SCOTCH

18-down – Does what one is told : OBEYS

1-across – Red preserve : RASPBERRYJAM

9-across – Cow-catching rope? : LASSO

10-across – Severe : DRASTIC

11-across – Sow’s sound : OINK

12-across – It’s said to a sneezer : BLESSYOU

14-across – Ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition : TALMUD

15-across – Feeling of resentment : GRUDGE

18-across – Bungling : INEXPERT

20-across – Notice of one’s passing : OBIT

22-across – Longest Irish river : SHANNON

23-across – Mr Wilde — film award : OSCAR

24-across – Common European bunting : YELLOWHAMMER

2-down – Gunners of North London : ARSENAL

3-down – A.A. Milne’s lover of hunny : POOH

4-down – Ultimate purpose or justification : ENDALL

5-down – Restore confidence : REASSURE

6-down – Wharf : JETTY

7-down – Fake or satirical broadcast — monetary muck : MOCKUMENTARY

8-down – Murderous : BLOODTHIRSTY

13-down – Unintentionally come across : BUMPINTO

16-down – Fiasco : DEBACLE

17-down – Sprain — difficult parting : WRENCH

19-down – Digital message : EMAIL

21-down – Legless creature — grovelling type : WORM

5-across – Every part, both good and bad : WARTSANDALL

7-across – Skilled at gaining an advantage by deceit : WILY

8-across – Disdain : CONTEMPT

9-across – Common wasteland plant — film oil : MILFOIL

11-across – Moment : JIFFY

13-across – A further time : AGAIN

14-across – Grow : DEVELOP

16-across – Street light : LAMPPOST

17-across – French city on the Rhone : LYON

18-across – Trucker : LORRYDRIVER

1-down – Making a point of appearing interested in painting, sculpture etc : ARTY

2-down – Medium : PSYCHIC

3-down – Mindless : INANE

4-down – Early form of plastic used for tableware, telephones etc : BAKELITE

5-down – Place of prayer and lamentation for Jews in Jerusalem : WAILINGWALL

6-down – Victory circuit : LAPOFHONOUR

10-down – Something of little value or significance : FRIPPERY

12-down – Gymnast’s costume : LEOTARD

15-down – Small growth, usually benign : POLYP

17-down – Volcanic stuff : LAVA

1-across – French composer, d. 1918 : CLAUDEDEBUSSY

8-across – Choose : OPT

9-across – Relating to mechanical art or applied science : TECHNICAL

10-across – Insane : DERANGED

11-across – Singing voice — fish : BASS

13-across – Decadent : EFFETE

14-across – Tropical bird : TOUCAN

16-across – Motionlessness : REST

17-across – Ideal end : DEADLINE

20-across – Stirring — anxiety : AGITATION

21-across – Cricket extra : BYE

22-across – Person with common interests : KINDREDSPIRIT

1-down – Multitude : CROWD

2-down – In some manner but not very well : AFTERAFASHION

3-down – Set off : DETONATE

4-down – Edict : DECREE

5-down – Rubbish : BUNK

6-down – Someone wanting higher status : SOCIALCLIMBER

7-down – Russian president, d. 2007 : YELTSIN

12-down – Short period of wintry weather : COLDSNAP

13-down – Set aside for a specific purpose : EARMARK

15-down – Cause to remember : REMIND

18-down – Put up : ERECT

19-down – Private place of seclusion : LAIR