The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)

Cryptic Crossword

Both sets of clues fit both grids

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ACROSS

1 Chiefly surroundin­gsI am in (6) macho

4 Rough cut, heartless pay (6)

8 Grass found in dry environmen­t (3)

9 Big order, but first made more obvious (4,5)

11 Chooses to ring points (4)

12 Worked hard to shift a boulder (8)

15 Cut back on noisy appreciati­on when gloomy (9)

18 Vehicle following back unwell American composer (8)

19 Without it hot air could become frost (4)

21 Wild fun does restrain copper lacking direction (9)

23 Where TV dragons lurk? (3)

24 Informatio­n found behind animal, yak initially, for gas (6)

25 Card game needs ten when recording here (6)

DOWN

1 Reflect on even comfier armour (6)

2 Incite lad to riot, all the same (9)

3 Rule northern turf (4)

5 Hospital tolerated or blessed (8)

6 For each bonus without end (3)

7 Yes, lid turns and gives way (6)

10 Behind Sierra, ran amok (2,7)

13 Reacted to reeds being ruined round pool (9)

14 Second-rate dormice gather round Head of Ecology (8)

16 Mock up does go wrong (6)

17 Pair suspecting at once (6)

20 Change poor diet (4)

22 Swarm of young fishes discovered in stiff ryegrass (3)

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