DOUBLE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

7. The man met two journalists and took notice ... (6)

8 . ... but Les became faint ... (6)

10. ... and Ian hit out after the first carafe of wine (7)

11. Is scared of a safer outcome (5)

12. Made processed cheese (4)

13. Dismay a quiet friend (5)

17. Harden in the river (5) 18 . Day of celebration when a

student has meat (4)

22. Is Ray out of the country? (5)

23. Tidying around to achieve grandeur (7)

24. Portrait of Fife characters getting extremely grumpy (6)

25. Superficial appearance which is oddly never seen out East (6)

Down

1. Yellow bird (7)

2. Lesson the marines disrupted (7)

3. Intends to get considerable wealth (5)

4. Funfair disrupted by a thug (7)

5. Takes out the meat (5)

6. Girl returns something valuable (5)

9. Charts the reform of apartheid (3,6)

14. General apt to get bigger (7)

15. Is drawn from diverse sources (7)

16. Parsley served up for the sportsmen (7)

19. Rosie's tree? (5)

20. Make boats (5)

21. Erratically eager to concur (5)

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