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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Article in duplicate goes over the pilot’s
head (6)
4 A firm after new cuts still goes to the wall (6) 9 Regards unrefined mineral as a blot on the landscape (7)
10 It has many keys but normally only one lock (5)
11 On which one may develop one’s views? (5) 12 Imputes false motive (7)
13 A graphic description? (4,7)
18 Stumble on crude oil in North Africa (7) 20 Had acknowledged (5)
22 Tired out and annoyed (5)
23 Is inane, perhaps, and remains so (7) 24 Recent change of heart (6)
25 Look for piano in a school (6)
DOWN
1 Talented number go to the bar (6) 2 Wants to see Eden’s development (5) 3 New Pope showed the way to be full of humanity (7)
5 Maintain a high level (3,2)
6 Seaside vessel (7)
7 A woodman at play? (6)
8 It sounds very like the truth (11)
14 That’s what you think! (7)
15 The American quarter? (3,4)
16 Make a cat sit still (6)
17 The arrival of a commercial airway (6) 19 A class given instruction (5)
21 I pry about and find a racket (5)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Adopt (6)
4 Capital of Lebanon (6) 9 Comprise (7)
10 Social blunder (5)
11 Be inflated (5) 12 Competitor (7)
13 Near (5,2,4) 18 Discourteous (7) 20 Culpability (5)
22 Giver (5)
23 Wild (7) 24 Overindulgence (6) 25 Indigestible (6)
DOWN
1 Approach and speak to (6) 2 From that time on (5)
3 Highly contagious disease (7) 5 Racing rowing crew (5) 6 Chorus of a song (7) 7 International agreement (6) 8 In disfavour (5,1,5)
14 Using few words (7) 15 Natural environment (7) 16 Obstacle to be overcome (6) 17 Lethal (6)
19 A corrupting influence (5) 21 Carrying a weapon (5)