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Lipsticks solution

Isn’t VENTRILOQUY a lovely word?  I wonder how easy it is to say without moving the lips?

Lipstickssol

The codeword is VENTRILOQUY, defined by the latent letters: THE THROWING OF THE VOICE.  10 down is VOICE, but is entered jumbled, or ‘thrown’.

ACROSS

1          CHAMPING; ham pin in c,g

7          MU(T)A(T)ES; anag.

9          S(H)ORES; 2 mngs.

11        SIR(E); R is (rev.)

12        (T)ICES; 2 mngs.

14        S(H)OTS; 2 mngs.

15        (R)EINS; ein S

17        R(O)PES; hidden rev.

18        E(W)ER; E in ER

19        PAL(I)SH; pals H

21        BE(N)ITO; I in bet 0

22        PARAKEET; a rake in pet

DOWN

1          BESIE(G)ERS; anag.

2          (O)D(O)UR; d Ur

3          GA(FF)ES; e in gas

4          VES(T)S; initial letters

5          (H)YSSOP; s in posy (rev.)

6          HORS(E)-SHO(E)R; anag. – r

8          E(V)ITES; set i.e. (all rev.)

10        VOICE; voi(d) CE

13        ENR(O)BE; n in anag.

16        SP(I)ED; e in anag.

17        (C)RAIG; I in rag

20        L(E)TT; l TT

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