#68 | crosswords.lol

5a Slogan (11)

7a Weaving machine (4)

8a Game played in an alley (8)

9a Trying to make somebody believe what is not true as a joke (3-4)

11a Cruelly rapacious person (5)

13a Piece of turf dug out by a golf club (5)

14a Badly affected (4,3)

16a Accelerates (6,2)

17a Fast — food (4)

18a Damaging (11)

1d Main upright of a ship's bow (4)

2d Hideous (7)

3d Arab leader — hikes (anag) (5)

4d Apprehended (8)

5d Reticent — saying little (5-6)

6d Shocking fish? (8,3)

10d Estate (8)

12d More joyful (7)

15d Up and about — is art (anag) (5)

17d Government tax (4)

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