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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Bird’s drink upon retiring? (8) 5 Pass for a worker (4)

8 For the actor, work is fun (4) 9 It’s below the knee (8) 10 Defeat due to being

inactive? (7)

12 Jumps over refuse

containers (5)

13 Not only in cricket can they

be expensive (6)

15 Pursuing the best policy (6) 17 Agitatedly paces the room (5) 18 The point emerging from

a medical examination? (7) 22 Freedom for error in mapmaking? (8)

23 Cheese with a fly on

momentarily (4)

24 A fanciful tale of those

Magyar nights (4)

25 It’s tough being without

a woman (8)

DOWN

1 Deity able to write up

a melody? (7)

2 Splendid as a piano

can be (5)

3 Jonas disguised as

a mythical hero (5)

4 From which I ran to shelter (4) 6 Express great suffering in a tormented letter to Saigon, possibly (7)

7 Soldiers are in line to

obey this command (5) 11 Figure one spoilt the game (5) 12 Cool, calm and

philosophical (5)

14 At the Tower of London,

he had his own gate (7) 16 Cashiers who can’t keep

a secret? (7)

17 Showing stupidity in the

field of cricket? (5)

19 Bring into play an old concert

piece (5)

20 Code that’s right, being

in some distress (5)

21 Show catty pleasure in

turning up with a posh car (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Nocturnal bird (8) 5 Give, pass (4) 8 Drama (4)

9 The tibia (8)

10 Downfall (7)

12 Omits (5)

13 Additions (6)

15 Candid (6)

17 Gap (5)

18 “--- point” (7) 22 Opposite of longitude (8) 23 French cheese (4)

24 Tale (4)

25 Hard-hearted (8)

DOWN

1 Deity or planet (7) 2 Splendid (5)

3 “Golden Fleece” hero (5) 4 Downpour (4)

6 Suffer grievously (7) 7 Attire (5)

11 Statue (5) 12 Unemotional (5) 14 Betrayer (7)

16 Cashiers (7)

17 Foolish (5)

19 Put forth, as effort (5) 20 Signalling code (5) 21 Happy cat noise (4)