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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 1. Pleasant smell produced by scrap of fabric in Gaul (9) 5. Moorland height spelling the reverse of decay (3) 7. In two directions there are hostelries (4) 8. Going over the rood, mixing gin (8) 10. He may be one of the top manufactur­ers (8) 11. A scheme devised for a bit of land (4) 13. Devils show the way of working in thieves’ kitchens (6) 15. All at once nudes are shown playing around beginning of December (6) 18. Instructio­n not to put something on on time (4) 19. One sticking to ethical rules of the viva voce in obscurity (8) 22. Extent it is dealt with when finished in prison (8) 23. Will come to life at the funeral party (4) 24. Knightly address shared by schoolmast­er (3) 25. Those who keep throwing in their bouts (9) DOWN 1. Was playful in an amorous way (7) 2. Any inclusion of negative will rattle one (5) 3. Tended to make us rend it anyhow (6) 4. Irish seer turns to it (4) 5. Turned tiller to starboard finally as one sang (7) 6. Offside but, when considered separately, correct (5) 9. Is knowing one is able to go to New York (5) 12. Picture doesn’t get hung, it already being on the wall (5) 14. Fur of vermin one made up (7) 16. Idly talks about art and gets sent about it (7) 17. A fastener got up for broken leg (6) 18. As one puts into port, stops it from one’s wages (5) 20. Angry with one, scold the rest (5) 21. What can a farmer do but get bigger? (4)

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