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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 21 Energetic sort has Monday off (6) 24 Clear the account and leave (6) 29 Fancy coming unstuck in one game (7) 10 The prohibition has to content

the staff (5) 11 Not flush but accepted by the

social clique (5) 12 Set of dishes the waiter gives

you (7) 13 Pleasant setting for the

national team? (11) 18 A bad-tempered pet (7) 20 Material displayed by

salesman in church (5) 22 Outlaw said to have a name

for banditry (5) 23 Sounded like a horse tangled in

hedge (7) 24 A row about a pig - say it isn’t

yours (6) 25 He drops a line hoping for

some response (6) DOWN 01 It’s divine if iced perhaps (6) 02 Gets close in linear size (5) 03 Damp mines to be put right (7) 05 Pole at the Highland Games (5) 06 Under it changes are yet to be made (7) 07 Inclined to be guarded (6) 08 Dimension of certain chaps in the flesh (11) 14 Large volume of transport? (7) 15 Possibly notices part of a

military formation (7) 16 Sorted, resorted and put on

the shelf (6) 17 First violin starts the cassette

tape (6) 19 A way to make newer (5) 21 Article in Spain about the girl

(5)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 01 Unfasten and remove (6) 04 Disinclined (6) 09 Prescription (7) 10 Large cooking stove (5) 11 Traverse (5) 12 Durable (7) 13 Survive difficult situation (4,7) 18 Nervous tense (7) 20 British composer (5) 22 A style of art or literature (5) 23 Money accumulated as reserve (4,3) 24 Needlework (6) 25 Lacking animation (6) DOWN 01 Disfigure (6) 02 Trunk of human body (5) 03 Legal adviser (7) 05 Corrupting influence (5) 06 One after another (7) 07 Vigour (6) 08 Be in control (4,3,4) 14 Hitherto (2,2,3) 15 Officially supervise (7) 16 Mushroom, toadstool etc. (6) 17 US Pacific state (6) 19 Inexperienced (5) 21 Avarice (5)