Spandan 2013 - Crossword Prelims

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Across
  1. 4. How time flies! (7)
  2. 5. Servile as East Europeans? (7)
  3. 6. A hundred bound to be granted (8)
  4. 8. Establishes if farms need cultivating (7)
  5. 9. A seer in a flurry to get off the mark (5)
  6. 11. Rent is ideal for dwelling (11)
  7. 12. It may be drawn or sucked up (5)
  8. 16. Get lean in order to be graceful (7)
  9. 18. Not so many we infer (5)
  10. 19. Blustery at first with frequent showers, but bright (6)
  11. 21. Departed behind time (4)
  12. 22. They inform me and get help in return (5)
  13. 24. Fed up with hesitation and delay (5)
Down
  1. 1. Shape of eggs at first light (4)
  2. 2. Give an account of French writer (8)
  3. 3. There is nothing amiss in such speculations (8)
  4. 7. Drain out the bottom (5)
  5. 10. Such nights figured in a fabulous story (7)
  6. 13. Fuss made by a dog losing its tail (3)
  7. 14. A new bride's bits and pieces (6)
  8. 15. The Middle East initially is the subject (5)
  9. 17. Religion is embraced by them (6)
  10. 20. Lift up beams as stated (5)
  11. 23. Audibly permitted (5)