Metro Cryptic Crossword Clues Friday, 19 May 2023

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Across

Number Clues Answers
1 Regulars in the Services (11) CHURCHGOERS
9 A lodge converted into kind of pension (3,3) AGEOLD
10 Devotes one’s attention to present-day clothes (9) ADDRESSES
11 Narrow openings illuminated in the vessel (5) SLITS
13 Learner behind to appear to change gear (7) APPAREL
14 In medley races, the first of the participants is frisky (6) CAPERS
16 Cyril’s adapted the words of the song (6) LYRICS
18 Makes a practical contribution, like sisters without any hesitation (7) ASSISTS
19 It’s almost smart at home to interrupt the conversation (3,2) CUTIN
20 Eating place or torture chamber? (5,4) GRILLROOM
21 One used for carrying some of the messages back (3) ASS
22 It provides capital cover for the hunter (11) DEERSTALKER
21 See 9 Across AGEOLD

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Number Clues Answers
2 Didn’t reveal some of the outlandish ideas (3) HID
3 Poles placed around a number of ways (5) ROADS
4 An efficient one won’t drop a brick (6) HODMAN
5 Provide exorbitant wages – with which industrial disputes are often concerned! (7) OVERPAY
6 Reserve coach when the others are outside (9) RESTRAINT
7 A little money that’s not tied up! (5,6) LOOSECHANGE
8 Non-utility state (11) USELESSNESS
12 Unperturbed when four get involved in deadlock (9) IMPASSIVE
15 He’s unscrupulous when stocktaking (7) RUSTLER
17 One who provides company when the sector is split up (6) ESCORT
19 Kind of aircraft providing desert transport (5) CAMEL