GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

4 Friend who cleans out the stables?

(6) 6 Reacts badly after Foreign Office

prediction (8) 9 Precise pointer to north (6) 10 Mended and put back in stock

room? (8) 11 I lead the singers; I’m working with

orchestra (11) 15 Boy returning to study gets let in

again (7) 17 Beryl is sometimes less than

completely supple (7) 18 Computer program giving an

instruction to bedmaker? (11) 22 Still revolutionary, having a role in American political movement (3,5) 23 This writer’s left to provide

meaning (6) 24 Follower showing hot wrath

against cricket side (6-2) 25 Move rapidly in chosen

profession? (6)

DOWN

1 Brief note on Irish autobiography (6) 2 Mighty harmful, a plant (10) 3 The acres translated into alternative units (8) 4 Fellow with one remedy giving cosmetic treatment (8) 5 Soldier describes one form of punishment (8) 7 River song being heard (4) 8 Fuss not yet dealt with (2-2) 12 Helping after silly late change (10) 13 Dawn return to one’s dwelling (4,4) 14 Try to get list set up as one with a succession policy? (8) 16 Manual actions in service taking a long time (8) 19 Islander putting a dead bird in tin (6) 20 Children’s game with children a bit of a pain (4) 21 Chief and the old woman at home (4)