Howard 1

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Across
  1. 3. Scratch mother ship (4)
  2. 4. ridicule protective garment without sleeves (4)
  3. 10. A fishy weapon? (4)
  4. 11. Grandma mixed up her bread (4)
  5. 12. Price fixers drunk brilliant red (7)
  6. 16. Talk combines Italian (or Spanish) with poetry (8)
  7. 17. Container sent west and east looking for fibre (5)
  8. 18. Abrupt end to a career? (5)
Down
  1. 1. reward turned up in storage (6)
  2. 2. A condition the GP got wrong (3)
  3. 4. That dream was crazy! Held a tea party with animals (3,6)
  4. 5. small objects fall through the air and reveal the queen (6)
  5. 6. Best quality mixed cotton with perfect hems (3,5)
  6. 7. Ruthless lack of romance (9)
  7. 8. In error army excluded or included from the west (10)
  8. 9. Magicians were keepers of the solution (6)
  9. 13. Haven provided by return of well worn idea lacking energy (4)
  10. 14. time in container is essential (5)
  11. 15. location in cranium in skeleton (5)
  12. 18. Group able to surround fifty (4)