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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Strikebreaker's revolutionary payment method (4)

4 Old flour supplier Will keeps changing mind (8)

8 Conclude dude confused at church (6)

9 Showy rig has broken down (6)

10 Blunt criticism where decent chap joins club (8)

12 Loathing observed in clash at Eton (4)

13 Spears can be hard to find (6)

15 TV presenter to make secure (6)

17 Kiss Frenchman when in celebration (4)

19 Exciting to be driven by power (8)

21 Coastal road announced comes to port (6)

22 Wear down a nail point (6)

23 Born in river or up in sky? (8)

24 English fanatical about cheesy Dutch town (4)

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2 Empty net (5)

3 Heavy trampolinist? (7)

4 Small sweet unwrapped (3)

5 Dark horse in torment (9)

6 Month in advance (5)

7 Aristotle so thought to

contain kingdom (7)

11 Ale-drinking achievement

by English yeoman (9)

14 Round mass in pipe irked one? Smoker here blew top! (7)

16 Circle lake bed first (7)

18 King in tangled bush,

forsythia maybe (5)

20 Nation in debt is ashamed,

initially (5)

22 Excellent service (3)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Wound crust (4)

4 Air-driven generator (8)

8 Derive by reasoning (6)

9 Gaudy or loud (6)

10 Insult (8)

12 Dislike extremely (4)

13 Thin on the ground (6)

15 News host (6)

17 Christmas (4)

19 Thrilling (8)

21 Lebanese capital (6)

22 Scrape away (6)

23 On a plane (8)

24 Cheese in red wax (4)

DOWN

2 Unambiguous (5)

3 Doorman (7)

4 Little (3)

5 Bad dream (9)

6 Procession (5)

7 African country (7)

11 Tower official (9)

14 City destroyed

79 AD (7)

16 Clique (7)

18 Woody plant (5)

20 Populous land (5)

22 Successful fighter pilot (3)