Rotorua Daily Post

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. Sport I twice tape if it appeases (11)

8. There's poem about one being in the drink, a big store of it (8)

9. It's mean to get so close (4)

10. In haste repents it flowering inside (5)

13. Fine leather part of a leg (4)

16. Look dreamy, like the satellite (4)

17. Wall's support may be put out to sea (4)

18. Makes a clear profit where cricket is practised (4)

20. Gather it may be got from an angle (5)

24. Mature vats in which one may claim a part is returned (4)

25. Poisonous answer is opposed to the way one will adore it (8)

26. Ecology-conscious dwellings where things are grown (11)

DOWN

2. Among the Sappers, work on a line (4)

3. In afterthoug­ht, change of air may be capital (5)

4. Loyal about conservati­ve beginning when fighting stops (5)

5. In cut it's different when it's worn (5)

6. Listen: men at variance can prove soft-hearted (11)

7. Such things as one would rather! (11)

11. Sound of gnat flittering around top of window (5)

12. Heighten one in ears bent to shape (5)

14. What is sung in opera, fair assessment shows up (4)

15. An applicatio­n of paint for Ulster, say (4)

19. Russian boy will soundly well up (5)

21. It takes an eon to conclude the meal (5)

22. Final word due to first-class mix-up (5)

23. Perplex one with question of assumed attitude (4)

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