No 13122, Friday 18 Dec 2020, Gridman

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ACROSS

5   Deputy Prime Minister’s a bundle of energy (6) DYNAMO {DY}{NAMO}

7   It’s clear Orient learners are in grip of wily Cupid (8) PELLUCID {P{E}{LL}UCID*}

9   Indian association takes hot, top place in China (8) SHANGHAI {S{H}ANGH}{A1}

10 Acknowledge cook has some lavanga (6) SALUTE {SA{La...a}UTE}

11 Indian district officer’s mite in recovering treasure (10,4) COLLECTORS ITEM {COLLECTORS}{MITE*}

12 Agent with a leaning to be a violin player, perhaps (15) INSTRUMENTALIST {INSTRUMENT}{A}{LIST}

16 The banian manufacturer’s personal stake (6,8) VESTED INTEREST [CD]

20 Roof worker is the one criticising (6) SLATER [DD]

21 Streaking nude wily — difficult to manage (8) UNWIELDY*

22 What you may do on a chess board — what a pupil may have to study (3,5) SET PIECE [DD]

23 Game’s to fix colour (6) RUSSET {RU'S}{SET}

DOWN

1   Good relative has hired out a piece of armour (8) GAUNTLET {G}{AUNT}{LET}

2   Obtained primarily hoary Indian classic typeface (6) GOTHIC {GOT}{Ho..y}{In...n}{Cl...c}

3   Half of sect involved in secret compact (5-3) CLOSE-SET {CLOSE{SEct}T}

4   Bird’s extremely efficient food passage (6) GULLET {GULL}{Ef...nT}

6   Yes, all but head cover goes to make up coarse fellow (5) YAHOO {YA}{HOOd}

7   Grumpier tone I adopted, yielding to the eldest his right to succeed (13) PRIMOGENITURE*

8   Strip is in this manner hiding a bit of muck (7) ISTHMUS {IS}{THUS} over {Muck}

13 No level ground in a type of Italian fiction (7) NOVELLE*

14 One doesn’t know the source of such income (8) UNEARNED [CD]

15 Big and small uses found no end — that’s liberality! (8) LARGESSE {LARGE}{S}{uSEs}

17 No stand-downs on a kind of exercise (3-3) SIT-UPS [CD]

18 Check the never-ending rough growth (6) THWART {THe}{WART}

19 Look around! By the grace of God, you might spot the plant (5) SEDGE {SE{DG}E}

Reference List

Deputy = DY, Orient = E, Learner = L, Indian association = SANGH, Hot = H, Top = A1, Game = RU(Rugby Union), Good = G, Small = S, By the Grace of God = DG