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Across

1. Cut off (6) 5. Frightened (6) 9. Thin covering (6) 10. Buys or sells (6) 11. Cut into small cubes (4) 12. Pause (8) 14. Persistently annoy (6) 16. Soup dish (6) 19. Unselfish (8) 21. Catches (4) 22. Dodged (6) 23. Ran away to marry (6) 24. Be in a state of anger (6) 25. Edible part of a nut (6)

Down

2. Former (3,4) 3. Maxim (7) 4. Person about whom little is known (4,5) 6. Small dog (5) 7. Bureaucratic procedure (3,4) 8. Recognise (7) 13. As it were (2,2,5) 14. Own (7) 15. Rescue (7) 17. Bitterness (7) 18. To the greatest extent (7) 20. Blood-sucking worm (5)