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Two sets of clues – but the answers are the same Cryptic clues ACROSS

1 Illuminate­d concerning quantity (5) 4 Buccaneer gets the bird (5) 7 Are back for a long time (3) 9 Pinch for every youngster (6)

11 Rib cooked with English cheese (4)

12 One politician is a scamp (3) 13 Cap for two women (7) 15 Labourer gets loud during garret conversion (7) 18 Dad confused about tot (3) 19 Fletcher’s groove (4) 20 Concludes fern is damaged (6) 23 Lowest digit? (3) 24 Tetchy friend of Mole’s (5) 25 Two from French union church (5)

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1 Coming down with equipment for undercarri­age (7,4) 2 More polite with salesman (3) 3 Previously used in poetry (3)

5 Pair trained student for 30 days (5)

6 Stone lies around in Ireland (7,4) 8 Number from Marianne (4) 10 Energy savings scheme (3) 13 Greek character has time for mine (3) 14 Mound of distortion­s (3) 16 Meeting to cook tacos (5) 17 Change during meditation (4)

18 Is more than one? (3) 21 Agree with the head (3) 22 Charge three notes (3)

Quick clues ACROSS

1 Liquid measure (5) 4 Male duck (5) 7 Age (3)

9 Baby (6) 11 French cheese (4) 12 Rascal (3) 13 Kneecap (7) 15 Hard worker (7) 18 Mention as an afterthoug­ht (3) 19 Engrave (4) 20 Deduces (6) 23 Foot part (3) 24 Bad-tempered (5) 25 Tennis score (5)

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1 Plane’s wheels (7,4) 2 Agent (3) 3 Before (3) 5 Month (5) 6 Nickname for Ireland (7,4) 8 Operatic song (4) 10 Vigour (3) 13 Large hole (3) 14 Hill (3)

16 Race meeting (5) 17 Revise (4) 18 Plural of is (3) 21 Signal assent (3) 22 Payment (3)

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