Solution:

Conspicuously

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Across: 1 Notably, 5 Pasta, 8 Kangaroo court, 9 Sou, 10 Drag strip, 12 Reined, 13 Two-day, 15 Faces up to, 16 New, 18 The time is ripe, 20 Dukes, 21 Nosegay.

Down: 1 Nukes, 2 Tongue-in-cheek, 3 Blandness, 4 Yeoman, 5 Pvc, 6 Square dancing, 7 Autopsy, 11 Sawhorses, 12 Refuted, 14 Spleen, 17 Weeny, 19 Its.