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In ‘Two legs’ all the across clues and three of the down clues lead to words that have a feature in common.

Across

    7  Complain (6)

    8  One retired from society for religious reasons (6)

    9  Any carefree episode (4)

  10  A variable colour averaging a vivid red (8)

  11  A person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (7)

  13  A relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit (5)

  15  A man who is a stupid incompetent fool (5)

  17  Someone who gossips indiscreetly (7)

  20  A soldier with a firearm (8)

  21  A member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana (4)

  22  A man who is a stupid incompetent fool (6)

  23  A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major (6)

Down

    1  Sounds like several of the across solutions (6)

    2  Submerge or plunge suddenly (4)

    3  European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot (7)

    4  Sharp sound made by several of the across solutions (5)

    5  Put it to the test (8, three words)

    6  Someone who uses another person’s words or ideas as if they were his own (6)

  12  Like England’s national emblem (8)

  14  Unnaturally frenzied or distraught women (7)

  16  Unequivocally detestable (6)

  18  A guided missile developed by the French government for use against ships (6)

  19  The ancient Egyptian ram-headed god (5)

  21  A sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter (4)

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