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No 9,487

ACROSS

1 Mayonnaise-like

dressing (5,5)

6 Make available (4,2)

7 Auctions (5)

9 Regular circuit by a guard (6)

10 Meadow (3)

11 Bring up (4)

14 Financial

institution (4)

15 Mixture of wonder and dread (3)

16 Overcoat (6)

17 Moral fall (5)

18 Failings or defects (6)

20 Out of work (10)

DOWN

1 Thin liquid in a plant (3)

2 In a row (6)

3 Expel from a country (6)

4 Impetuously (6)

5 Permission to proceed (3,5)

6 Renovate (8)

8 Completely naked (8)

9 Slender nail (5,3)

12 Curator’s building (6)

13 Of practical

benefit (6)

14 Pleasing personal appearance (6)

19 __ Danson, actor (3)

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION — (No 9,486) ACROSS: 1 Berates. 7 Parent. 8 Antenna. 9 Nous. 10 Bloc. 12 Hold off. 14 Renfrew. 16 Soar. 18 Isle. 20 Extreme. 21 Trench. 22 Odyssey. DOWN: 1 Blabber. 2 Ratio. 3 Tina. 4 Sparrow. 5 Grenades. 6 Engulf. 11 Caffeine. 12 Heave-ho. 13 Forgery. 15 Ensure. 17 Obeys. 19 Stay.

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