CROSSWORDS

Vessels for men always on the move (6) See 9 Across and 4 Across: Winged messenger (7-6) A store of French cannabis (5) 11 Country needs aid is getting into shape (5) 12 Invest capital, perhaps? (7) 13 One who thinks of things first? (11) 18 It means the sack for postal workers (4,3) 20 Echo-sounder possibly aids a number (5) 22 No mistake about who talked the Trojans into accepting the horse 23 Notedly brisk (7) 24 We take pains to please him (6) Tastes differ in America (6) 1

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10 25 1 Confidential warning (3-3) 4 Burn superficially (6) 9 Annoyance (7) 10 A savoury jelly (5) 11 Supple (5) 12 Abstruse (7) 13 Harsh interrogation (5,6) 18 Disentangle (7) 20 Small-scale reproduction (5) To launch (5) South American river (7) Seldom (6) Thin (6) 22 23 24 25 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 14 15 16 17

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It sounds alarmingly like poison (6) A first-class colour spread abroad (5) Confidential tattle around midafternoon? (7) Pakistan flower business lacks go (5) It’s not slow to put a thought into words (7) Little Margaret is after fruit and spice (6) Literally, it had a very large population (11) Crooked dealing straightened out (7) A tract of meadow felt to be different (7) Diverts with morning exercises (6) They play an alternative part in the new cast (6) Union notices (5) Number on watch (5)

Equipment (6) Factory (5) Refrain (7) Stupid (5) Ecstasy (7) A team game (6) Without feeling pity (2,4,5) Give shelter to (7) Tricky device (7) Put up with (6) Dismal (6) Essential to life (5) Suffocate by submersion (5)