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Across 1. Local where one will relish change if he gets one into print (9)

5. One of the rules left after welcoming beginners (3)

7. A bit of cinematogr­aphy one might accept (4)

8. A go, a turn that proved wrong: he went with Jason (8)

10. The right wife, in holy setting, is awfully presented (8)

11. We are endlessly to have the use of clothing (4)

13. Feel sorry for being shut up again (6) 15. Even a male child may be a clergyman (6)

18. Vegetable that will heel over when turned around (4)

19. Gets in touch with the people businessma­n knows (8)

22. What winning jockey has to get a leg either side? (8)

23. First of patients being sick, find this for him to take (4)

24. Pot-cover: put it on it to finish everything! (3)

25. A piece of furniture in front of one's ear? (9) Down 1. Baseball player can hold his liquor (7) 2. One busy loafing when at work (5) 3. Old-fashioned announcer mis-heard when about fifty (6)

4. The trouble in the streets is the decay that envelops one (4)

5. Those in front: principall­y, first violins (7)

6. ‘What dreadful noise of ___ in mine ears!' (K Richard III) (5)

9. There's very little around the pole that's metallic (5)

12. Trousers, one gasps (5)

14. Felt happy quietly to have taken on a letting agreement (7)

16. Got snug ends let run riot (7)

17. That heavy-eyed look, like a cobra (6) 18. It's a crime for one to be involved in a couple of quid (5)

20. Country service gets laid out at teatime (5)

21. Liberal and fine, but smart seldom included! (4)

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