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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 A short denial? (3,2,3)
5 Influence derived from personal attraction? (4)
8 Take a seat for refreshments (4)
9 To catch the woman in company (8)
10 An amusing sort of party (7)
12 Sort out tangled loves (5)
13 Line taken by a priest? (6)
15 Swore in a crude way about a skinhead (6)
17 The usual procedure when a doctor gets sick (5)
18 A few drinks to help a person see better? (7)
22 Holds them to be a bad start at the races (8)
23 Haul around in a dance (4)
24 Four ways fixed (4)
25 She does a take-off that’s barely entertaining (8)
DOWN
1 Spots the warning signs? (7)
2 Give instruction in art, cleverly (5)
3 Chasing the backward? (5)
4 They’re apt to hold you up at almost any time (4)
6 Supports the higher parts of ships? (7)
7 Great Elgar composition (5)
11 Drive out the key figure, a bit hopeless! (5)
12 A steamy import from Finland (5)
14 Wet weather weapon, very colourful! (7)
16 Abandon hope of getting wildly praised (7)
17 Are they done in documentary style? (5)
19 One who cannot keep changing roles! (5)
20 There’s no good market for stewed plums (5)
21 Airmen can be accounted high or low (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 By no means (3,2,3)
5 Tow, draw (4)
8 Afternoon meals (4)
9 Not apart! (8)
10 Group performance (7)
12 Find the answer (5)
13 Narrow band (6)
15 Uttered oaths (6)
17 Bore holes (5)
18 Spectacles (7)
22 Hugs fondly (8)
23 Hawaiian dance (4)
24 Stitched (4)
25 Paint removing agent (8) DOWN
1 Observes (7)
2 Teach (5)
3 Following (5)
4 Lower limbs (4)
6 Maintains (7)
7 Big (5)
11 Eject (5)
12 Steam bath (5)
14 Multicoloured arc (7)
16 Hopelessness (7)
17 Acts (5)
19 No winner! (5)
20 Collapse (5)
21 Playing-cards (4) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: ACROSS: 7 Umbrella, 8 Leer, 9 Beagle,
10 Kitten, 11 Here, 12 Teenager, 14 Protocol, 18 Tart, 20 Waffle, 22 Moving,
23 Hole, 24 Sanction. DOWN: 1 Ampere, 2 Fragment, 3 Client, 4 Tackle,
5 Flat, 6 Revere, 13 Activate, 15 Reason, 16 Crease, 17 Lament, 19 Random, 21 Flew.