# How to 'shorten' \cline so that multiple groups in a table become visible?

I would like to construct a table which looks like a booktabs table (but without using the package booktabs). Instead of \cmidrule, I used \cline, which comes pretty close (see below), but the lines drawn with \cline are too wide, so that they touch... and therefore it's difficult for the eye to determine where the groups start/end. Is there a solution to this? (without using additional packages).

\documentclass{scrartcl}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}

\begin{document}

% my trial with \cline
\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{rrrrrrrrr}
\hline
Sex & \multicolumn{4}{c}{Male} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{Female} \\
\cline{2-5} \cline{6-9}
\cline{2-3} \cline{4-5} \cline{6-7} \cline{8-9}
{Class \ Survived} & {No} & {Yes} & {No} & {Yes} & {No} & {Yes} & {No} & {Yes} \\
\hline
1st & 0 & 5 & 118 & 57 & 0 & 1 & 4 & 140 \\
2nd & 0 & 11 & 154 & 14 & 0 & 13 & 13 & 80 \\
3rd & 35 & 13 & 387 & 75 & 17 & 14 & 89 & 76 \\
Crew & 0 & 0 & 670 & 192 & 0 & 0 & 3 & 20 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

% with booktabs
\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{rrrrrrrrr}
\toprule
Sex & \multicolumn{4}{c}{Male} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{Female} \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-5} \cmidrule(lr){6-9}
\cmidrule(lr){2-3} \cmidrule(lr){4-5} \cmidrule(lr){6-7} \cmidrule(lr){8-9}
{Class \ Survived} & {No} & {Yes} & {No} & {Yes} & {No} & {Yes} & {No} & {Yes} \\
\midrule
1st & 0 & 5 & 118 & 57 & 0 & 1 & 4 & 140 \\
2nd & 0 & 11 & 154 & 14 & 0 & 13 & 13 & 80 \\
3rd & 35 & 13 & 387 & 75 & 17 & 14 & 89 & 76 \\
Crew & 0 & 0 & 670 & 192 & 0 & 0 & 3 & 20 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}


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  \begin{tabular}{@{\extracolsep{4pt}}rrrrrrrrr@{}}

Is there a way to assign \extracolsep without setting the horizontal space between columns (or in this case before the first and to preserve symmetry after the last) to zero? \begin{tabular}{@{\extracolsep{4pt}}@{\kern\tabcolsep}rrrrrrrrr}? – Qrrbrbirlbel Mar 5 '13 at 14:45
@Qrrbrbirlbel yes you can use array package ! instead of @ it is the same except it doesn't remove the default space – David Carlisle Mar 5 '13 at 15:07