1d Always on track and up to date, they'd run with the news however late
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9a Originators of snap-apple A?A? ??D ?V? (if my letters are correct)
11a Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm you haven't got a prayer, or have you? ??N?R?
16d American journeys thither and hither R?U?T TRIPS
8a However hollow, this one's still a shining example of pagan ritual