The Northern Advocate

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. Seconds make up such record of meeting (7)

5. A game of cards needing the French to be blown (5)

8. He’s being taught to look lecherous about a service (7)

9. In which the building blocks might turn to water? (5)

10. Wine for the winner: a distributi­on of gen (9)

12. Give one a dressing down for capital cover (3)

13. Be up in arms about sound measure (5)

17. Height in the direction of right (3)

19. Give man on train the sack for standing in the hearth? (9)

21. Support achieved with simplicity and luck, initially (5)

22. Attacks a ship: set forth inside it (7)

24. Go with this fruit as injunction to become actively involved (5)

25. Float operator, one of those who go the rounds (7)

DOWN

1. Spite of fictional girl following dream ending (6)

2. Place of natural beauty to gain come-uppance with a painter (7)

3. Naturally, it’s bronzing: can you beat it? (3)

4. A gesture might make one gush right in the middle of it (5)

5. Surrender signal discovered when Red Cross left St George’s? (5,4)

6. How solicitor is involved by marriage (2-3)

7. Despite a notion being inconclusi­ve! (6)

11. Left piece of paper folded once to contain share selection (9)

14. In Channel Islands raced headless spirit, it being hard ahead (7)

15. Flowing water makes Mother turn up after rest is disturbed (6)

16. Curious offspring for a price of a sort (4,2)

18. Being up is right: is encouragin­g natural beginners (5)

20. ‘This blessed plot, this earth, this ____, this England’ (K Richard II) (5)

23. Note The Sun in person (3)

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