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Across
| Number | Clues | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tormentor is unhappy having to sit out (6) | SADIST |
| 4 | Join two singles (6) | COUPLE |
| 9 | Dogmatic approach of idiot to odd inverse set (13) | ASSERTIVENESS |
| 10 | Maim with many a surface movement (7) | CRIPPLE |
| 11 | A flower emerged (5) | AROSE |
| 12 | Certainly lacking energy and morose (5) | SURLY |
| 14 | Put the squeeze on journalists? (5) | PRESS |
| 18 | Sketched on equal terms? (5) | DRAWN |
| 19 | Quick retort of libertine with broken toes (7) | RIPOSTE |
| 21 | Vain image unit is dull (13) | UNIMAGINATIVE |
| 22 | Delicate proposal (6) | TENDER |
| 23 | By which an actor progresses? (6) | STAGES |
Down
| Number | Clues | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does it help to remain stiff-necked? (6) | STARCH |
| 2 | Deformity shown by numbers? (13) | DISFIGURATION |
| 3 | Bits picked up to make a belt (5) | STRAP |
| 5 | Frank manner outside (4-3) | OPENAIR |
| 6 | Apparently prior ownership is attractive (13) | PREPOSSESSING |
| 7 | Use end that followed (6) | ENSUED |
| 8 | Paid musician? (5) | PIPER |
| 13 | Ancestry revealed in the length of the dynasty (7) | LINEAGE |
| 15 | Regulate so as to be barely in the Christian era? (6) | ADJUST |
| 16 | Drill one’s entourage? (5) | TRAIN |
| 17 | Cuts, always in a ship (6) | SEVERS |
| 20 | Design tip-top machinery (5) | PLANT |