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the crosswords
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 She plays with a key in a lock (7) 5 Order cabs about one - it’s essential (5) 8 Admission price - note needs changing (9) 9 At the start avoid upsetting eggs (3) 10 Creatures with feet going in two directions (4) 12 Bob indicates a more direct route (5,3) 14 Fairly slight resistance encountered inside (6) 15 A new paper to be published (6) 17 Legal actions taken by a traveller (8) 18 A bird others turn to? (4) 21 Show some consideration for age (3) 22 Makes me cry, this school subject (9) 24 A revolting individual seen in flight (5) 25 Stray US serviceman returns in female attire (7)
DOWN
1 Unusually eager to give consent (5) 2 Some notice a sign of nerves (3) 3 See a key agent (4) 4 Trivial cause of offence (6) 5 He suffers from a lack of balance (8) 6 Random inspection for any rash development? (4,5) 7 A novel division of the church (7) 11 Sheridan’s competitors (3,6) 13 Good man rebuilt a crock - for racing? (5,3) 14 French chemist late on his way up (7) 16 Get up for wild dances (6) 19 In the bay wrecked ship sinks deep (5) 20 Part of a building - birds may be on it (4) 23 Sartorial obligation perhaps (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Chief god of Roman state (7) 5 Rational (5) 8 Final terms (9) 9 Trite quotation (3) 10 Large heavy book (4) 12 Decisive argument (8) 14 Lackey (6) 15 Painter (6) 17 Persuasive flattery (4,4) 18 Medieval tied labourer (4) 21 Reverential wonder (3) 22 Create a stir (4,5) 24 Artful expedient (5) 25 Fraud (7)
DOWN
1 Short trip for pleasure (5) 2 Tap gently (3) 3 Domesticated (4) 4 To fluster (6) 5 Person of prominence (8) 6 Begin to burn (5,4) 7 Easy gentle pace (7) 11 Situation with unseen hazards (9) 13 A clear soup (8) 14 Put in an unremembered place (7) 16 Yearn (6) 19 Questionable (5) 20 Property obtained by theft (4) 23 Compete (3)