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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Dram for every child ( 6) 4 Eccentric came in with
pictures ( 6)
7 Lacking strength for seven
days, say ( 4)
8 Skilled musician, 6, getting
to ours somehow ( 8) 9 Tyneside native, eg, rode off
holding one ( 7)
12 Cook with father and head
of year ( 3)
14 Quiet strange youth leader’s
inferior ( 6)
15 Cake gang leader consumed
in front of union leader ( 6) 16 Some boy appearing with
bark ( 3)
18 Clear it out for musical
performance ( 7)
22 Raincoat found by a man
– one supplying pasta ( 8) 23 Insect found in developing
nations ( 4)
24 Second small person with
a pain in the side ( 6) 25 Incredibly remote celestial
body ( 6)
DOWN
1 Unworn jumper coming from
US state ( 3,6)
2 Drama with our GP, possibly,
and set of young children ( 9) 3 Motorist not starting from
watercourse ( 5)
4 Royal entering county with
US soldier’s dog ( 5)
5 Head of organisation in North America showing common sense ( 4)
6 Skinflint, male, is seen
with the queen ( 5) 10 Sequence created by
religious fraternity ( 5)
11 Former partner with deed
that’s accurate ( 5)
12 Self- employed person getting
weapon costing nothing ( 9) 13 Child with guy tenors
confused ( 9)
17 A Democrat with part to
modify ( 5)
19 Scottish expression used after
record time ( 5)
20 Mode of expression used by one
woman with the order of merit ( 5) 21 Foolish district attorney on
foot ( 4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Small child ( 6) 4 Place where films are shown ( 6) 7 Frail ( 4)
8 Skilled musician ( 8)
9 Tyneside native ( 7)
12 Cook in fat ( 3)
14 Poorly made ( 6)
15 Rich cake ( 6)
16 Sharp bark ( 3)
18 Musical performance ( 7) 22 Pasta tubes ( 8)
23 Biting insect ( 4)
24 Sew ( 6)
25 Celestial body ( 6)
DOWN
1 US state ( 3,6)
2 Meeting of preschool children ( 9) 3 Large stream ( 5)
4 Welsh dog ( 5)
5 Common sense ( 4)
6 Skinflint ( 5)
10 Command ( 5)
11 Precise ( 5)
12 Self- employed ( 9)
13 Child ( 9)
17 Modify ( 5)
19 Era ( 5)
20 Mode of expression ( 5)
21 Silly ( 4)