YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION Across:

1. Chamois 5. Hated 8. Tearful 9. Lamps 10. Evidently 12. Sue 13. Congo 17. Hen 19. Sticklers 21. Shrub 22. Carbine 24. Scene 25. Rotters

Down: 1. Cutter 2. Amazing 3. Oaf 4. Split 5. Hollyhock 6. Tames 7. Dusted 11. Excusable 14. Precise 15. Thesis 16. Assess 18. Norse 20. Incur 23. Rot

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ACROSS

7. Erratic, random (13)

8. Wedding paper (8)

9. Jeopardy (4)

10. Captures (6)

12. Recess (6)

14. Strike (3)

15. Seasoned sausage (6) 17. Spirit (Fr) (6)

19. Online journal (4)

21. In error (8)

23. Inquiry (13)