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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Non-appreciation of the little woman’s preferences (8)

5 End of the elastic? (4) 8 Time to get back again (4) 9 Figure a new article to be

upright (8) 10 Communications from

landlords? (7)

12 It’s easy for us to be taken in, being chilly but not ill (5)

13 A quarter of the total

merely halved (6)

15 One dressed in “seethrough” fashion? (6) 17 Fish traps possibly (5) 18 Ancient skill in bridgebuilding (7)

22 Young person’s partiality

for veal? (4-4)

23 Not your source of

wealth (4)

24 It’s fair to have a double

portion of soup (2-2) 25 Simply showing no

inclination (8)

DOWN

1 Keeps in suspense (7) 2 Do a recce, boy (5)

3 Cut or edit verse (5) 4 Those possibly lent by friendly Roman countrymen? (4)

6 A measure employed

when one is charged (7) 7 The all-in total (5)

11 It happens to be an

opening for a key (5)

12 It’s fragile, mate (5)

14 A game it’s not sensible

to lose (7)

16 Andrews possibly exhibits

steering trouble (7)

17 A right and a left? (5) 19 Verse manuscript by an

American author (5)

20 The number of times you

upset rum, say (5)

21 Work in the direction of

the tail end (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Aversion (8)

5 Final (4)

8 Mid-day (4)

9 Perpendicular (8) 10 Correspondence (7) 12 Soft or easy, informally (5) 13 Warm season (6) 15 Aperture in wall (6) 17 Small fish (5)

18 Hardy, austere (7) 22 Immature affection (4-4) 23 My own (4)

24 Mediocre (2-2) 25 Apathetic (8)

DOWN

1 Hangs limply (7) 2 Reconnoitre (5) 3 Cut off (5) 4 Auricles (4) 6 Indicted (7)

7 Total (5) 11 Occurrence (5) 12 Porcelain (5)

14 The Elgin --- (7) 16 Strays (7) 17 Footwear items (5) 19 Verse pieces (5) 20 Doubly (5) 21 Labour (4)