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Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Graduate gets prisoner some breakfast (5) 4 Reversible hub? (5) 7 Slide round top (3) 9 Reclad broken bed (6) 11 Some time in Outer Mongolia (4) 12 Last word from the cricket? (3) 13 Somehow trains a worker (7) 15 Unclear about form of power (7) 18 Appearing to have food (3) 19 Put right inside the almond (4) 20 At home, nurse is mean (6) 23 Party around university pair (3) 24 Drive back to see film about parking (5) 25 Nervous part of speech (5)

DOWN 1 Politician returned to seat next to queen (11) 2 Senior fool definitely has it (3) 3 Nothing seen in Manila (3) 5 Stressed about lock (5) 6 Italian light seen on bonfire night (5,6) 8 Expensive-sounding animal (4) 10 Time of pageantry (3) 13 Wonder inside drawer (3) 14 Started with sailor (3) 16 Caught light in strong grip (5) 17 Sharp as a group of detectives (4) 18 Hippies’ dish (3) 21 Enthusiast from Brazil, say (3) 22 Trowel used on odd foot part (3)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Type of meat (5) 4 Helicopter part (5) 7 Cover (3) 9 Crib (6) 11 Expression (4) 12 Leave-taking word (3) 13 Craftsman (7) 15 Atomic (7) 18 Vegetable (3) 19 Cure (4) 20 Plan (6) 23 Twosome (3) 24 Disgust (5) 25 Anxious (5) Notes: DOWN 1 Minor MP (11) 2 Elderly (3) 3 Zero (3) 5 Ringlet (5) 6 Firework (5,6) 8 Ruminant mammal (4) 10 Era (3) 13 Amazement (3) 14 Pitch (3) 16 Vice (5) 17 Corrosive substance (4) 18 Pastry item (3) 21 Kernel (3) 22 Tip of a shoe (3)

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