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QUICK CLUES: Across

7. Base (6) 8. Preferably (6) 10. Respects (7) 11. Apportion (5) 12. Standard (4) 13. Quiet (5) 17. Fop (5) 18. Got up (4) 22. Centre (5) 23. Perplex (7) 24. Rarely (6) 25. Charlatans (6)

Down

1. Frugal (7) 2. Skinflint (7) 3. Tale (5) 4. Equilibrium (7) 5. Coldness (5) 6. Indignation (5) 9. Prevailing (9) 14. Wariness (7) 15. Gather (7) 16. Endure (7) 19. Pursue (5) 20. Cellar (5) 21. Excessive (5)