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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Be relaxed when getting nowhere fast! (8)
5 A girl’s hot food? (4)
8 Turn up in a comedy part (4)
9 Historically the name of the game (8)
10 Where to find fortune immediately? (7)
12 Fail to save a writer in sad extremes (5)
13 Only an ass, but the fellow has the solution (6)
15 Peril in the garden? (6)
17 Regular letters to a Welshman (5)
18 They’re of current value (7)
22 Celestial or spiritual, yet it’s there in a brew of ale (8)
23 She’s crazy about India (4)
24 Beefy team? (4)
25 Fairly good around the home (8)
DOWN
1 Collapsed when fastened (7)
2 It’s funny if you see nothing but tailless mice! (5)
3 Fruit gives a chap energy
(5)
4 Information on drugs? (4)
6 Its tip, you see, is not a hot one! (7)
7 Sharpened up for the houseman? (5)
11 Born a bit of a lady, but poor (5)
12 Might make an impression on a collector (5)
14 Possibly heeding what the horse did (7)
16 With time off, foolishly strayed (4,3)
17 The laundress’s garment?
(5)
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21 The Italian man about town! (5)
To cook, you need the right oven (5) Time-share network? (4) QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 In windless waters (8)
5 Platter (4)
8 Arrive (4)
9 Emperor of the French (8)
10 Indian city (7)
12 Use money (5)
13 Ass (6)
15 Peril (6)
17 Twenty-four hourly (5)
18 Units of current (7)
22 Delicate, airy (8)
23 Female servant (4)
24 Flank (4)
25 Candidly (8)
SATURDAY’S PUB QUIZ SOLUTION: 1. B: 7pm and 2am; 2. B: PTI; 3. A: Summer Vacation; 4. B: Ginger; 5. C: Wolves; 6. A: Eddie Izzard; 7. A: Francesco Molinari; 8. B: Egypt Station; 9. B: 9; 10. A: The Mad Hatter; 11. Trick question: Ariana Grande’s latest single release is God Is a Woman; 12. C: Julian Alaphilippe; 13. C: £27,600; 14. C: Calpurnia; 15. A: Glenn Close; 16. A: 04:22 Glasgow Central to Manchester Airport; 17. C: Gemstone; 18. A: 10,922 ft; 19. C: Bury Tomorrow; 20. A: Fallout.
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DOWN Collapsed (7) Funny paper (5) Chutney fruit (5) Drug (4)
Frozen mass afloat (7) Sharpened (5) Indigent (5)
Tread heavily (5) Whinnied (7) Non-working period (4,3) Frock (5)
Italian city (5)
Cook (5) Network (4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: ACROSS: 7 Interval, 8 Port, 9 Minder, 10 Astute, 11 Mere, 12 Elegance, 14 Crossbow, 18 Undo, 20 Eclair, 22 Fiddle, 23 Less, 24 Talented. DOWN: 1 Inside, 2 Needless, 3 Averse, 4 Please, 5 Spit, 6 Arctic, 13 Abundant, 15 Racket, 16 Berate, 17 Waffle, 19 Dulcet, 21 Apse.