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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Commanding officer out of bed before the French pair (6)
4 Single man heartless and serious (6)
7 Method used by male with poem (4)
8 It’s finished by actors, dull (8)
9 Umpire with engineers, free, out East (7)
12 Vase is found in our nursery (3)
14 Maker of clothes given to liar mistakenly (6)
15 Field used by a mod we disturbed (6)
16 Colouring substance used by nobody English (3)
18 Cart returned to royal with farm vehicle (7)
22 Head of school with cereal, almost stuffed, being snide (8)
23 Loads of items for sale at auction (4)
24 Small piece of furniture, steady (6)
25 Using strange code, my amusing drama (6)
DOWN
1 Unruly mod with cement having made remarks (9)
2 Agitated deer run if being shot at (5,4)
3 Run away to marry upright Pole with energy (5)
4 Part of act being witnessed, say (5)
5 Decorative fabric left with expert (4)
6 Skinflint, male, is with the queen (5) DOWN:
10 Forepart produced by father on time (5)
11 Choose to take part in the lecture (5)
12 Insufficiently cooked end our Den replaced (9)
13 Recently made pullover from US state (3,6)
17 Sailing vessel used by youth leader before chat, possibly (5)
19 Gun found in corridor I fled (5)
20 Colonel on island, cold, getting abdominal pain (5)
21 Dull doctor, a bachelor (4) QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Pair (6)
4 Serious (6)
7 Fashion (4)
1 Distrait, 5 Maim, 8 Amid, 9 Found out, 10 Offered, 12 Punch,
13 Diddle, 15 Missed, 17 Ramps, 18 Combine, 22 Log cabin, 23 Palm, 24 Rose,
25 Exporter.
1 Diamond, 2 Stiff, 3 Alfie, 4 Tour, 6 Amounts, 7 Match, 11 Roles,
12 Prism, 14 Damages, 16 Dreamer, 17 Ruler, 19 Own up, 20 Inapt, 21 Able.
8 Cloudy (8)
9 Umpire (7)
12 Vase (3)
14 Maker of clothes (6)
15 Piece of grassland (6)
16 Colouring substance (3)
18 Farm vehicle (7)
22 Contemptuous (8)
23 Plenty (4)
24 Building for horses (6)
25 Amusing drama (6) DOWN
1 Remarked (9)
2 Being attacked (5,4)
3 Run away to marry (5)
4 Part of play (5)
5 Decorative fabric (4)
6 Skinflint (5)
10 Forepart (5)
11 Vote in (5)
12 Insufficiently cooked (9)
13 US state (3,6)
17 Sailing vessel (5)
19 Ransack (5)
20 Abdominal pain (5)
21 Dull (4)