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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Witch with US soldier’s Scottish dish (6)
4 Skinflint with head of year revealing unhappiness (6)
7 Tirade from royal with insect (4)
8 A room used by cleaner grabbing one comfortable seat (8)
9 Bird unusual to Chris (7)
12 Tree in Washington (3)
14 Passionate eccentric ranted (6)
15 Cupboard shut by teacher initially (6)
16 Organ accepted by archbishop (3)
18 Plain ring found by bachelor with five debts (7)
22 Fish for Carl, meek, possibly (8)
23 Female servant giving mother identification (4)
24 Dog set out to get filling food (6)
25 Engineers with small man, relaxed (6)
DOWN
1 Hear cur in terrible storm (9)
2 Incredibly rude GP now using explosive (9)
3 Celebrity securing one step (5)
4 Imitator, male one, with tailless rodents (5)
5 Small house containing nothing in London district (4)
6 Rinse off bridle straps (5)
10 Dance making Brown leave (5)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: ACROSS:
DOWN:
11 Word of greeting from the Spanish learner in house (5)
12 Helper first boarding a ship with worker (9)
13 Impetuous sought-after principal journalist (9)
17 Modify a part after commercial is shown (5)
19 Canal boat getting bump (5)
20 Somehow riled layabout (5)
21 Small child’s slide (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Scottish dish (6)
4 Unhappiness (6)
7 Rage (4)
8 Comfortable seat (8)
1 Somewhat, 5 Eggs, 8 Oils, 9 Sagacity, 10 Glad eye, 12 Place, 13 Napkin, 15 Asleep, 17 Daily, 18 Rosebud, 22 Macaroni, 23 Anti, 24 Sash, 25 Dressing.
1 Shotgun, 2 Malta, 3 Hussy, 4 Toga, 6 Grimace, 7 Style, 11 Emily, 12 Pests, 14 Princes, 16 Pudding, 17 Dumps, 19 Opine, 20 Bondi, 21 Good.
9 Flightless bird (7)
12 Tree (3)
14 Passionate (6)
15 Cupboard (6)
16 Organ of hearing (3)
18 Evident (7)
22 Fish (8)
23 Female servant (4)
24 Heavy food (6)
25 Relaxed (6)
DOWN
1 Severe storm (9)
2 Explosive (9)
3 Step (5)
4 Imitate (5)
5 London district (4)
6 Bridle straps (5)
10 Dance (5)
11 Word of greeting (5)
12 Helper (9)
13 Impetuous (9)
17 Modify (5)
19 Canal boat (5)
20 Layabout (5)
21 Slide (4)