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CRYPTIC 123

ACROSS
1. For example, a small politician returned quite low on the ship. (5)
4. King David's father names U.S. train robber? (5)
7. Original flora could be hardly as retentive. (6, 5)
9. What the needle and the hurricane have in common. (3)
10. Sounds like he cut out what he coloured. (4)

DOWN
1. Union pleb, uncharacteristic of the group. (5)
2. We see the mail directors are 'tops' on the company paper. (11)
3. Eastern hail hangs from the edge of the roof. (4)
4. Twine plant may stick out with a little electricity. (4)
5. It looks like we brush pikes that kept see saws broken to win the lottery. (11)

12. Mashed peas vaulted and projected in church! (4)
13. Bob errs badly in exposing crooks. (7)
14. He was after the current teacher's heart-throb. (4)
15. Cheat deviously without a grave. (4)
17. Leave energy on a long time. (3)
19. Ugly growler asks tumbler maker. (11)
20. Crave! Why become vigorous? (5)
21. Found it in Yass and returned to weigh it. (5)

6. Follow little Susan who is after two points. (5)
8. Facial characteristic that the twisted yew bore. (7)
11. Ode about a graceful creature. (3)
12. Exist in a certain amount of space. (3)
14. Messenger came down in a blustery northern gale. (5)
16. Difficult question is pretty tough. (5)
17. See osprey diseased or lost. (4)
18. When Shakespeare's home river ebbs, the starry shining of it is only short lived. (4)

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