Solution to this crossword is on Page 8
Across
1 Defensive trench (4)
3 Ancient language of
India (8)
8 Seize — snatch (4)
9 Stopped (8)
11 Choose selectively
from the best available
(6-4)
14 Reach one’s
destination (6)
15 Recess (6)
17 Sensible (2-8)
20 Church service late in
the day (8)
21 Part of a stairway (4)
22 Galaxy containing our
solar system (5,3)
23 Slender (4)
Down
1 Conjuror (8)
2 Non-professionals (8)
4 Brusque (6)
5 Dumbfounded (10)
6 American Jewish
novelist, Philip, b. 1933 (4)
7 Kerfuffle (2-2)
10 Hitherto (10)
12 First-rate (3-5)
13 Boy who never grew up
(5,3)
16 Part of the eye (6)
18 Division of the school
year (4)
19 Duck — dark greenishblue (4)
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