CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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1. Clothes for an actor suited to women? (7)

5. The theme will appear if following cat's comeback (5)

8. If old-fashioned, I get married to get lively (7)

9. Is this the eye to appreciate what's exposed? (5)

10. Exclamation claiming dolour to be meritorious, it seems (4,5)

12. Someone evidently hiding indication of her maiden name (3)

13. What's wrong with writing indefinite article on spinster (5)

17. Touch one for his attention and it will control the flow (3)

19. Adonis cut strangely by his keeper (9)

21. I fool around but indicate the page number (5)

22. Warm covering, but wager it's thin inside (7)

24. At a pinch one may use it to douse the light (5)

25. Continuous way one will finish up depleted (7)

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1. It seems there's a price to pay to go into the attack (6)

2. Wooers alternatively appearing in sets of clothes (7)

3. Duval heartily reveals the grape (3)

4. Fragrant gum the East produces with crushed lime (5)

5. Homo sapiens, if with toes broken, outlines party policy (9)

6. Nominal payment to know in the North (5)

7. How to make Frederick shortly do with what cattle eat (6)

11. Ricochet: a quick look to one side is bad (6,3)

14. Deceive the French with a small amount of water (7)

15. Materials one gorges (6)

16. Unties, putting it wrong way round, so gets it together (6)

18. Foreign dish one concocted with Paul (5)

20. Weapon responsible for destruction of bears (5)

23. What’s more in outlandishness (3)