CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Untidy heap of discarded clothing

(6) 4 A manufacturer no longer (6) 9 A silent one precedes our

shouting (7) 10 Lettuce at back-street prices (5) 11 Archer may fire or speak with it

(5) 12 Small bouquet from country’s

leader or guru (7) 13 Absolutely no disposition to

suffer at all (4,7) 18 A toss-up offers faint prospect

(4,3) 20 Duck down in the bedroom (5) 22 Express a view there’s nothing to

long for (5) 23 Promises certain to be kept by a

fool (7) 24 Numbers in a row (6) 25 Book illustrations laid out on

the table (6)

DOWN

1 Fine quality diamonds worn on shirt in New York (6) 2 A drop of whisky before a stage

show (5) 3 The first half of this should be considered (7) 5 Film studios care about this award (5) 6 Mother hides a blemish with

make-up (7) 7 Managed to get some sleep in desert storm (6) 8 It jumps over the side and plays on the grass (7,4) 14 There’s fifty odd giants remaining

(7) 15 It may serve to let us in perhaps

(7) 16 Disapprove of what models do

after work (6) 17 Credit is twice provided in an

emergency (6) 19 Finished on time and now open (5) 21 Ventured right inside the earth (5)

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