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Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Feel depressed underneath (5) 4 Tricky question for model (5) 7 Animal gives party energy (3) 9 Secret city shelter (6) 11 Cultivate fellow member (4) 12 Desire for money (3) 13 Soldier almost left perfect example (7) 15 Curtail a game (7) 18 Snake sheltered by gazebo awning (3) 19 Power of three copper keys (4) 20 Maroon beach (6) 23 Heard couple as well (3) 24 Sovereign for stationery item (5) 25 Point duet out, and another piece (5)

DOWN

1 Artiste with the stomach for it (5,6) 2 Some poetry from Roderick (3) 3 Now back, having come first (3) 5 Informed about student dialect (5) 6 Old Italian taper on Bonfire Night (5,6) 8 Terribly neat feature of Sicily (4) 10 Healthy colour in Istanbul (3) 13 Father takes daughter home (3) 14 About to have nothing but deer (3) 16 Revolution­ary film about boron (5) 17 Stomach has small sudden rush (4) 18 British artist in underwear (3) 21 One’s lowest digit? (3) 22 Rubbish in grotto (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Under (5) 4 Fashion-conscious show-off (5) 7 Female deer (3) 9 Hidden (6) 11 Ranch (4) 12 Currency unit (3) 13 Model of excellence (7) 15 Shorten (7) 18 Feathery scarf (3) 19 Geometric shape (4) 20 Abandon (6) 23 Also (3) 24 Monarch (5) 25 Short compositio­n (5)

DOWN

1 Exotic performer (5,6) 2 Dedicated verse (3) 3 Was victorious (3) 5 Jargon (5) 6 Firework (5,6) 8 European volcano (4) 10 Brown (3) 13 Cushion (3) 14 Fish eggs (3) 16 Insurgent (5) 17 Breeze (4) 18 Undergarme­nt (3) 21 Foot part (3) 22 Decay (3)

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