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ACROSS

7 Rigorous, extensive (2‑5) 8 Raving enthusiast (7) 9 Dual‑lensed (glasses) (7) 10 Post‑mortem (7) 12 woman’s pre‑ marriage title (6,4) 13 Eagerly excited (4) 15 Power outage (10,5) 18 Outer rim (4) 19 Become the boss (4,6) 21 Rider’s foot support (7) 23 Kings, queens, princes, etc (7) 24 insect’s feeler or TV aerial (7) 25 Courtesy title (7)

Down 1 without competition (10) 2 Paraphrase (6) 3 Kitchen sieve (8) 4 Develop, become riper (6)

5 Scenic view (8) 6 Sound made by a snake (4)

11 Dish served on Shrove Tuesday (7) 14 Compulsory (10) 16 Fruits with stones (8) 17 north American game played with sticks (8) 19 Play hooky (6) 20 Old‑fashioned counting frame (6) 22 Strong, sharp flavour (4)