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ACROSS

7 Person who mends shoes (7) 8 Sluggishness (7) 10 Retaliation (8) 11 Decline (6) 12 Improvise (4,2) 13 Recently married (5-3) 14 Close mental application (13)

17 Allergic rhinitis (3,5) 20 Seldom (6) 22 Emitting a strong odour (6) 23 Unfasten (8) 24 Experience (7) 25 Throw loosely about (7)

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1 Capital of Kansas (6) 2 Scotland’s ‘Granite City’ (8)

3 Land along the coast (8)

4 One of the 12 apostles (6) 5 Cunning (6) 6 Well-known physicist (8)

9 Astronomical building (11) 14 Delightful (8) 15 Vigorous exercises (8) 16 Annoy (8) 18 Boneless cut of meat (6) 19 Journey (6) 21 Make less tight (6)