Colgan's cryptic crossword
Across
1. Uproot, returning to town (4)
3. Females compose one in difficulty (8)
9. Publicly announce mistake before overturning Grand National
winner’s protest (3,4,6)
10. A low back scrub (5)
11. Rearranged the defence as the players directed (7)
12. Flower girl is having a drink, but declining the last couple
(11)
16. A diminutive female wears scraps (7)
18. To sterilise the blades expedites cutting (5)
19. Old comedian introduced tree-animal as a national symbol (4,2,7)
20. The beginning of submissions foreshadowed leaving out a
manipulative person (8)
21. Once the almighty waterway ebbed (4)
Down
1. Change into suit (6)
2. Those flying far, but returning (5,3,5)
4. Adeptly demonstrate that military training can be fatal (8,5)
5. Taps on barrels (5)
6. Mean piece of writing on slave trade transport (6,7)
7. March in short trousers (6)
8. Quells without opposition (6)
13. Doubtlessly you can read conveyance details there (6)
14. A way to get over large dose of melancholia (6)
15. Book a flight (6)
17. A gangling forward (5)
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