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Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS 1. Being out after plunder of a drug, am in a mess (9) 5. Throw it by the vestibule (3)

7. One bird will sound exultant over another (4) 8. Break-away group coming out of the wood (8) 10. Premium on borrowed money may concern one deeply (8) 11. An exploit arising from a twist of fate (4)

13. How can boar be depicted in a piece of jewellery? (6) 15. Was supported if one didn’t leave (6)

18. It was pain and grief to pay it to the unemployed (4) 19. Area outside store for this sort of fowl (8)

22. It makes perfect business for a profession­al, they say (8) 23. Old line it’s easy to get money for (4)

24. Quickly make one’s way out of Bath, I expect (3) 25. Chivalrous remark about tall, angry characters (9) DOWN 1. An engine endlessly repaired by mechanic (7)

2. What birds come home to may be nothing of the sort (5) 3. To be a burden of poem is possible (6)

4. Look pleased to have spirit that’s about right (4)

5. To let Tory loose may be a gamble (7)

6. Turbo’s dropped nothing, but might go off (5) 9. Bishop and castle may endure (5)

12. Check developmen­t of such a tricky performanc­e (5) 14. Let one go and see Lear for a change (7)

16. The odd dyer may become unsteady with age (7) 17. Don’t let it stand being caught with broken lance (6) 18. How far it is to the bottom of an explosive charge (5) 20. Here and there it’s going on the opposite tack (5)

21. To play the stock market thus is only for the boys (4)

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