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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Parcels taking a long time to wrap up? (8)
5 The whole country’s alight! (4)
8 Complain bitterly in the bar (4)
9 I call Reg silly to be so sensitive (8)
10 That which comes to our ears when fodder is put out? (7)
12 Dense crowd of journalists? (5)
13 How I’d love to be overpaid! (6)
15 Give us the go-by, woman! (6)
17 Fizz money? (5)
18 It enables Jack to be well up in architecture (7)
22 A Roman way, possibly into flight (8)
23 With which to fool around, love, in the bath? (4)
24 Appear to check a figure (4) 25 Ten Scots involved in fights (8)
DOWN
1 Quietly bent on getting a drink? (7)
2 Land one to the jaw! (5)
3 Some tough anarchists in Africa (5)
4 Perhaps the last thing to crystallise? (4)
6 Lager is drunk here (7)
7 Waterside plants? (5)
11 Those courtroom smoothies? (5)
12 Balanced style shown by porpoises (5)
14 Put down to a writer (7)
16 When one walks round with
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: ACROSS:
DOWN: some people, they cover large areas (7)
17 Such monkeys are determinedly ignorant (5)
19 Points a heavyweight out as a partner in a joint (5)
20 Waters for a duck to slop around in? (5)
21 One can have such brakes all round (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Parcels (8)
5 Territory (4)
8 “British ---” (transport) (4)
9 Unhealthily averse (8)
10 Rumour (7)
7 Vertical, 8 Away, 9 Adhere, 10 Veneer, 11 Dram, 12 Terminal,
14 Estrange, 18 Sort, 20 Latest, 22 Plaice, 23 Slur, 24 Crotchet.
1 Vendor, 2 Streamer, 3 Accent, 4 Clover, 5 Main, 6 Camera,
13 Instance, 15 Staple, 16 Notice, 17 Employ, 19 Racket, 21 Earl.
12 Squeeze (5)
13 Fondly (6)
15 One’s wife (6)
17 U.S. dollars (5)
18 Spire (7)
22 Aeronautics (8)
23 Washing aid (4)
24 Look, appear (4)
25 Competitions (8)
DOWN
1 Very dry (7)
2 Porcelain (5)
3 African republic (5)
4 Seasoning (4)
6 City with a kasbah (7)
7 Harbours (5)
11 Fine fabrics (5)
12 Balance (5)
14 Assign (7)
16 Grassy plains (7)
17 Alloy (5)
19 “--- saw” (for woodwork) (5)
20 Ponds (5)
21 Round plate (4)