Colgan's cryptic
ACROSS
1. Knock around with pin-head? (6)
4. Hops out of contentious workhouses, and weeps (6)
9. Heart of diamond exposed with outstanding cut (5)
10. Sound of a merry-go-round in Rio, but not for 500 years (7)
11. Cause damage by overuse, holding in reverse gear (4,6,3)
12. Systematic officialdom of government characters omits nothing (13)
15. Baseballer, supporting right defence firstly, is one to provide
relief (4-9)
18. Relative curtailed notorious killer’s move to release (7)
19. Talk incessantly about the country (5)
20. Lacklustre study of a poet (6)
21. The company line’s abandoned in the act of transposing men (6)
DOWN
1. With one returning to the fold, the House division is tied (8,5)
2. Bend male trouser support (7)
3. Nothing dismal affected the land of Ms Leonowens (3,4)
5. One engaged in joint use (5)
6. Friend of chap occupying #10 evicts couple residing at rear of #15
(5)
7. Film inside homestead on The Rifleman’s land (8,5)
8. Cultivating canola crops and fruit (6,5)
13. Opposed to expelling Frenchman from one island to another (7)
14. Tenant dressed for the occasion (7)
16. A big-headed bird? (5)
17. Put on a leg (5)
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