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Across 1 Reserved, bashful (6) 4 Squidgy item for the bath (6) 8 North Sea fuel (3) 9 Accompanying dish of raw leafy vegetables (4,5) 11 Cooker compartment (4) 12 Better (8) 15 Willing to fit in (9) 18 Became more restricted in width (8) 19 Large brass instrument (4) 21 Tough-minded (4-5) 23 Self-assembly set (3) 24 Fast dangerous stretches of river (6) 25 Dressing room in a church (6)

Down 1 Worm, grub (6) 2 Rack and ruin (9) 3 Neither great nor that bad (2-2) 5 Casual onlooker (6-2) 6 Score of no goals (3) 7 Tolerate, bear (6) 10 Without question (9) 13 Wine-bottle cooler (3,6) 14 Cast away (8) 16 Drop ___, moor a ship (6) 17 To some extent, but not completely (6) 20 Lazy (4) 22 Tour operator’s agent in a resort (3)