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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Concentrate on the film? (5)
4 A number in favour of good taste? (7) 8 Have now diversified (3)
9 It’s necessary to correct lateness, I find (9) 10 Miss tea when involved in painting (7) 11 Break must be arranged for one who works
in a hot place (5)
13 The minority of lawyers (6)
15 She’s a lady at heart (6)
18 Engagement ring? (5)
19 It’s read with feeling (7)
21 She gets the theatre in an uproar (9)
23 At just after five the vessel appears (3) 24 Gold pieces but not regular currency (7) 25 Hates having to change in a hurry (5)
DOWN
1 Attendant chiropodist? (7)
2 Lady of the Lake? (9)
3 Good players make bloomers too (5) 4 Tie down unruly set in the cooler (6) 5 Alan and Ben are out to get her (7) 6 Sash 50% too big (3)
7 Rigid measure (5)
12 Aren’t they made for adult hands? (3,6) 14 It’s far too hard for tearing to pieces (7) 16 It could restore respect for a belief in
ghosts (7)
17 A beast in distress lowers (6)
18 A female Pole is pale (5)
20 A strike may make one ashamed (5) 22 Find fault with an old horse (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Darkness (5)
4 Broad-brim, high-crown hat (7) 8 Provide crew for (3) 9 Weather-glass (9) 10 Explanatory drawing (7) 11 River of Paris (5)
13 Fastidious (6)
15 Wise adviser (6)
18 Glasgow’s river (5) 19 Sarcastic (7)
21 Politically conservative (5-4) 23 Grow old (3)
24 With enthusiasm (7)
25 Rather disreputable (5)
DOWN
1 Peripatetic (7)
2 Study of family pedigrees (9) 3 Rome’s river (5)
4 Small crustacean (6)
5 All together (2,5)
6 Complete collection (3) 7 Presumptuous audacity (5) 12 Complicated (9)
14 Endure oppressive heat (7) 16 Fraud (7)
17 Sharpness (6)
18 Cause of ruin (5)
20 Lisbon’s river (5)
22 Prevent from speaking (3)