Quick crossword no 13,919

Quick crossword no 13,919
Across
1Easily perceived (12)
9Up to the time of (5)
10Disordered (7)
11 Accept instructions (4)
12 Adversity (8)
14Long, narrow
excavation (6)
15 Suitable for a ceremon­
ial occasion (6)
18Lying outside (8)
20Percussion instrument
— medal (slang) (4)
22 Belief not founded on
certainty (7)
23 Out of order (5)
24Unfavourable
circumstance (12)
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Down
2Highest in degree (7)
3Oleaginous (4)
4Any delicious drink (6)
5Take the place of —
bear (5,3)
6Female dog (5)
7Houdini, for example
(12)
8Clear from danger
(3,2,3,4)
13 Ran briskly (8)
16 Place to tie up a vessel
(7)
17 CS Lewis’s fictional
realm (6)
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19 Scoring moves in rugby
(5)
21 Gentle movement of
air (4)
Solution no 13,918
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FRANC I
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