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yword CrypQuick #17 (Sat)

yword crypquick · by moody · · 13×13

send the game's link to anyone you want to solve with: you'll see each other's letters appear as you type. or just solve it on your own. no account needed.

Across clues are Cryptic. Down clues are Quick.

across

  1. 1Shit backwards into a ring (4)
  2. 3Hard to forget relative found with gin brewed behind hospital (8)
  3. 8Timid mouse starts a squeal (4)
  4. 9Brow-beaten enemy in red hat loses it finally (8)
  5. 11A musician like McCartney covers the end of Blue Moon (10)
  6. 14Initial choice to quit reveals split (6)
  7. 15Cunning little mammal deceives from the start (6)
  8. 17Basic guys appear on TV facing the wrong way, confusing Ray (20)
  9. 20I'd enter without hesitation, if you'd start to empathise (8)
  10. 21Prima donna is endlessly, madly vain after the world ends (4)
  11. 22Getting an average grade by reading, we hear, is the sign of a posh childhood (8)
  12. 23Variety is at the heart of a witty performance (4)

down

  1. 1Whale (8)
  2. 2Infringe (8)
  3. 4Quantity (6)
  4. 5Luke Skywalker? – said of someone who requires assistance (5,1,4)
  5. 6Thing (4)
  6. 7Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, etc (4)
  7. 10Labyrinthine (10)
  8. 12Perseverance (8)
  9. 13Aussie greeting (1'3,4)
  10. 16How Agnetha expressed her admiration for whoever it was who 'found out that nothing can capture a heart like a melody can' (1'1,1,3)
  11. 18Go out on one and you are taking a risk (4)
  12. 19In this spot (4)