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Across1 People are known to hit them (9)8 A rope-spinning display on stage (5)9 SOS from freemasons for a privileged citizen (7)10 An intriguing arrangement? (6)11 Soft illumination produces a difficult situation (6)12 I am conclusively shown to be better (8)15 I plan too haphazardly but it’s a matter of choice (8)18 Cathy’s disorganised craft (6)20 Bills going to one receiving a shrub (6)21 Red wines turn scarlet (7)22 They have a central meeting place (5)23 A fruit centre in a turmoil (9)

Down2 Enter the lists? (5)3 Profoundly improve a channel of communication (6)4 Doing nothing but fighting (8)5 Possibly score a hundred in football (6)6 Book store? (7)7 They mark time (9)11 Play records with swank (3,2,4)13 Versatile languages master? (8)14 Leaves high and dry on beaches (7)16 Dress I put on about spring (6)17 Does he play for scratch teams? (6)19 Giant bird on a pole (5)

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Cryptic Solution 16558

Across: 1 Buffalo, 4 Rumba, 7 Gull, 8 In camera, 10 Emigration, 12 Uplift, 13 Hansom, 15 Disbelieve, 18 Only just, 19 Rise, 20 Madam, 21 Shelley.

Down: 1 Bugle, 2 Fallible, 3 Ornate, 4 Reasonable, 5 Mien, 6 Anagram, 9 Traffic jam, 11 Especial, 12 Uniform, 14 Abuses, 16 Elegy, 17 Clod.

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Across1 Suspect foul play (5,1,3)8 An excuse (5)9 Absorb total attention of (7)10 Came to terms (6)11 One’s chosen occupation (6)12 Beyond what is stated (8)15 In a manner of speaking (2,2,4)18 South American river (6)20 Instructive experience (6)21 A characteristic (7)22 Range of action (5)23 Ruthlessly competitive (3-3-3)

Down2 A mental disorder (5)3 Food storeroom (6)4 Hard to understand (8)5 Confused mass (6)6 Relating to motion (7)7 Stupid person (9)11 Violent upheaval (9)13 Wealth stored up (8)14 Person of importance (3,4)16 Covered by trees (6)17 Type of hammer (6)19 Surpass (5)

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10-Minute Solution 16558

Across: 1 Rossini, 4 Somme, 7 Give, 8 Affected, 10 Dirty trick, 12 Patent, 13 Cleave, 15 Clean sweep, 18 Override, 19 Book, 20 Terse, 21 Launder.

Down: 1 Rigid, 2 Severity, 3 Inform, 4 Speechless, 5 Myth, 6 Endorse, 9 By and large, 11 Make good, 12 Pass out, 14 Vandal, 16 Poker, 17 Bear.

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Using the letter I somewhere in every word, can you make at least 96 words of four letters or more out of these letters? At least one word will have all the letters. No proper names.

Yesterday’s answer: acme, acumen, alum, amen, amice, amine, amir, arum, calm, calmer, came, camel, carmine, cerium, cinema, claim, claimer, clam, clime, cram, cranium, cream, crime, culm, cumin, emir, iceman, ileum, inarm, lame, larum, leman, lemur, lima, lime, limen, limn, limner, lumen, mace, macer, macle, main, male, malice, mane, manic, manure, marc, marcel, mare, marine, marl, marlin, marline, maul, meal, mean, melanic, menial, menu, merlin, mica, mien, mile, miler, mina, mince, mincer, mine, miner, mineral, miracle, mire, mule, mural, mure, name, neum, numeral, numeric, NUMERICAL, railmen, realm, ream, reclaim, remain, rime, rumen, unarm

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