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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Magazine returned before day
for meat (6)
4 Text of play in handwriting (6) 7 Weapons taken from a room,
small (4)
8 Meal males consumed with
fellow member of side (4-4) 9 No place for new hero,
possibly (7)
12 Some monarch opposing
dance (3)
14 A mother initially zealous on
South American river (6) 15 Horrified at hags changing (6) 16 Doctor with head of year,
dehydrated (3)
18 Incident involving one
Democrat, plain (7) 22 Woodwind instrument,
popular, covered with wine (8) 23 Courageous man with the
woman’s ring (4) 24 Mass departure involving former partner and odd duos (6)
25 Old-fashioned group
beginning (6)
DOWN
1 Informer over country with
prairie (9)
2 Brief novel near Tommy (9) 3 Not cold, hospital used by
Nick (5)
4 Celebrity securing one step (5) 5 Wander, say, from Italian
city (4)
6 Paved area used by man or
woman before ten (5)
10 Entire aperture, say (5) 11 Bird with hound, though not at
first (5)
12 Strange lass there being
unfeeling (9)
13 Undergarment taken from
attic poet rearranged (9) 17 Agitated earl, ten, needing
rest (5)
19 Seven usually including
planet (5)
20 The same tot I’d confused (5) 21 Quiet man getting jab (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS 1 Cured ham (6)
4 Text of film (6) 7 Weapons (4)
8 Fellow member of side (4-4) 9 In no place (7)
12 Jump on one foot (3) 14 South American river (6) 15 Horrified (6)
16 Moistureless (3)
18 Apparent (7)
22 Woodwind instrument (8) 23 Courageous man (4) 24 Mass departure (6)
25 Start (6)
DOWN
1 Prairie (9)
2 Fleeting (9)
3 Nick (5)
4 Step (5)
5 Capital of Italy (4)
6 Paved area (5)
10 Entire (5)
11 Bird of prey (5)
12 Unfeeling (9)
13 Woman’s undergarment (9) 17 Take it easy (5)
19 Planet (5)
20 The aforesaid (5)
21 Poke (4)