the crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Gambles without hesitation in covers for capital (6) 4 Citrus out of the country (6) 9 Seamen can appear in tattered clothing (7) 10 A habit makes us grow old (5) 11 Move south along shore to get to bay perhaps (5) 12 Harry uses work force (7) 13 Flexible binder used extensively in offices (7,4) 18 Reliable way to stop bleeding (7) 20 No right to declare an item of property (5) 22 Could be there but it quickly

evaporates (5) 23 New native quarter shows simplicity (7) 24 I tried a more orderly arrangement (6) 25 There’s no disputing it’s a form of deadly

sin (6)

DOWN

1 Appointment with a girl (6) 2 It’s essential to a helicopter going up or down (5) 3 Potters and kettle menders (7) 5 Enter the office uninvited? (5) 6 Trained abroad to get new goods in an exchange (5,2) 7 It’s said to produce a smile (6) 8 Nothing is as strange or surprising (11) 14 Lead on? (7) 15 Direction for making a machine part (7) 16 Agree it looks like it’s been despatched (6) 17 Listen! Just be there! (6) 19 Deal with someone with a complaint (5) 21 An all-round investment (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Scheme (6) 4 Motiveless (6) 9 Amount missing (7) 10 Pulsate (5) 11 Slight amount (5) 12 An infectious fever (7) 13 Revealed with existing blemishes (5,3,3) 18 Misrepresent as something

else (4,3) 20 A work of fiction (5) 22 Modify to suit a purpose (5) 23 Cause suffering to (7) 24 Insanity (6) 25 Jovial (6)

DOWN

1 Adulterate (6) 2 Europe’s longest river (5) 3 Personal vanity (7) 5 Give trouble (3,2) 6 Agitation (7) 7 Insignificant person (6) 8 To compromise (4,7) 14 Decline to use vote (7) 15 In serious trouble (4,3) 16 Untidy straggling development (6) 17 Categorically (6) 19 Relating to vision (5) 21 To express (5)

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