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1d. Dreary company ? Don’t scowl so much ! (10)
C***U*****
9a. Song , mostly fiction (3) **E
13a. Rent small room someone vacated for free (3 , 5)
**T/*O*S*
17a. One may hold coffee and walk nonchalantly , on a mobile
(6) **C*E*

9 LIE(d)
13 CUT LOO SE

9a - lie(d)
13a - let loose
17a - sachet

sachet colourless
let loose?

1 colourless?

Mmm - CUT and LET are both not quite right. LET would be "rent out" rather than "rent", whereas CUT seems more deliberate than a rent or tear.

I agree Chrise but suspect that the other answers will confirm which one is needed.

Alwayspuzzled, ChrisE - It has to be Let Loose, the L(et) coming from the Colourless. (You wouldn't have known those crossed, but I still have my copy.)

Thanks for that confirmation Malone. I suspected that was the case.

Thanks, alwayspuzzled. Bradford's crossword dictionary gives 'rent' under 'let' and vice versa, so it must have been used before.