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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Magazine returned before day

for meat (6)

4 Text of play in handwriting (6) 7 Weapons taken from a room,

small (4)

8 Meal males consumed with

fellow member of side (4-4) 9 No place for new hero,

possibly (7)

12 Some monarch opposing

dance (3)

14 A mother initially zealous on

South American river (6) 15 Horrified at hags changing (6) 16 Doctor with head of year,

dehydrated (3)

18 Incident involving one

Democrat, plain (7) 22 Woodwind instrument,

popular, covered with wine (8) 23 Courageous man with the

woman’s ring (4) 24 Mass departure involving former partner and odd duos (6)

25 Old-fashioned group

beginning (6)

DOWN

1 Informer over country with

prairie (9)

2 Brief novel near Tommy (9) 3 Not cold, hospital used by

Nick (5)

4 Celebrity securing one step (5) 5 Wander, say, from Italian

city (4)

6 Paved area used by man or

woman before ten (5)

10 Entire aperture, say (5) 11 Bird with hound, though not at

first (5)

12 Strange lass there being

unfeeling (9)

13 Undergarment taken from

attic poet rearranged (9) 17 Agitated earl, ten, needing

rest (5)

19 Seven usually including

planet (5)

20 The same tot I’d confused (5) 21 Quiet man getting jab (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Cured ham (6)

4 Text of film (6) 7 Weapons (4)

8 Fellow member of side (4-4) 9 In no place (7)

12 Jump on one foot (3) 14 South American river (6) 15 Horrified (6)

16 Moistureless (3)

18 Apparent (7)

22 Woodwind instrument (8) 23 Courageous man (4) 24 Mass departure (6)

25 Start (6)

DOWN

1 Prairie (9)

2 Fleeting (9)

3 Nick (5)

4 Step (5)

5 Capital of Italy (4)

6 Paved area (5)

10 Entire (5)

11 Bird of prey (5)

12 Unfeeling (9)

13 Woman’s undergarment (9) 17 Take it easy (5)

19 Planet (5)

20 The aforesaid (5)

21 Poke (4)