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1-across – Type of match or valve : SAFETY

4-across – : GRUDGE

8-across – Speak – absolute : UTTER

9-across – Liable to change : MUTABLE

10-across – No tolls on this major road! : FREEWAY

11-across – Compulsion – police : FORCE

12-across – One making an appeal : SUPPLIANT

17-across – Identifying tag : LABEL

19-across – Cowboy film : WESTERN

21-across – Supplier of food : CATERER

22-across – Awkward problem : FACER

23-across – Dig up : EXHUME

24-across – Touch with affection : CARESS

1-down – Airless – strait-laced : STUFFY

2-down – See 13 : FATHERS

3-down – Cast : THROW

5-down – Almond flavoured biscuit at a fair : RATAFIA

6-down – Preclude : DEBAR

7-down – Devonshire city : EXETER

9-down – Hawthorn blossom, carrying the … : MAYFLOWER

13-down – … emigrants to Massachusetts : PILGRIM

14-down – Sweet, sticky stuff : TREACLE

15-down – Commonplace remark : CLICHE

16-down – Singer : INGRES

18-down – Spoil by clumsy workmanship : BOTCH

20-down – Balkan capital : SOFIA

1-across – Feller and transporter of timber : LUMBERJACK

7-across – Scene of battle in Julius Caesar : PHILIPPI

8-across – Deserve : EARN

9-across – Uncommon : RARE

10-across – Very bad : ABYSMAL

12-across – Promontory on Yorkshire coast : FLAMBOROUGH

14-across – Agitate : FLUSTER

16-across – See 12 : HEAD

19-across – Semitransparent insulating mineral : MICA

20-across – Static representations of eg historical scenes : TABLEAUX

21-across – Residue on the palate : AFTERTASTE

1-down – Composer of The Merry Widow : LEHAR

2-down – Disease carried by mosquitos : MALARIA

3-down – Observe : ESPY

4-down – Convict : JAILBIRD

5-down – Board game : CHESS

6-down – It is drawn all the time : BREATH

11-down – He isn’t there : ABSENTEE

12-down – Stimulus : FILLIP

13-down – Serving no purpose : USELESS

15-down – Employees – stick : STAFF

17-down – Smother with water : DOUSE

18-down – Assist : ABET

1-across – Flat, circular plate – record : DISC

3-across – Irish emblem : SHAMROCK

9-across – Wild boar of Africa : WARTHOG

10-across – Out of condition : UNFIT

11-across – Carved head on gem – short dramatic role for star : CAMEO

12-across – Deadly : LETHAL

14-across – Instruction to bank for payment at regular intervals : STANDINGORDER

17-across – Confused assortment : RAGBAG

19-across – Native group : TRIBE

22-across – Capital of Jordan : AMMAN

23-across – Breed of large dog : MASTIFF

24-across – Irresponsible : FECKLESS

25-across – Rope to brace an upright : STAY

1-down – Dejected : DOWNCAST

2-down – Sweepingly sound guitar strings : STRUM

4-down – Scottish sports meeting : HIGHLANDGAMES

5-down – Get upon : MOUNT

6-down – Without thought : OFFHAND

7-down – Flying toy : KITE

8-down – Cloth wrap for corpse : SHROUD

13-down – Garden pest : GREENFLY

15-down – Lacking in red corpuscles : ANAEMIC

16-down – : OBTUSE

18-down – Commonplace : BANAL

20-down – Fool : IDIOT

21-down – Young cow : CALF

1-across – Barrier preventing promotion, due to prejudice etc : GLASSCEILING

9-across – Customary : USUAL

10-across – Rather! – less than 50%? : NOTHALF

11-across – Orderly : TIDY

12-across – Other self – large toe : ALTEREGO

14-across – Cadence : RHYTHM

15-across – High fliers : JETSET

18-across – Protective charm : TALISMAN

20-across – Animal – spy : MOLE

22-across – Acknowledgment of payment : RECEIPT

23-across – Lively dance : POLKA

24-across – What every cloud has : SILVERLINING

2-down – Washing : LAUNDRY

3-down – Fine fabric : SILK

4-down – Waxy light source : CANDLE

5-down – Overdrawn : INTHERED

6-down – Vacuous : INANE

7-down – Talent for talking : GIFTOFTHEGAB

8-down – Pastries filled with baked mix of eggs, milk and flavourings : CUSTARDTARTS

13-down – Severely reprimand : CHASTISE

16-down – Tumescent : SWOLLEN

17-down – Alliance to further common aims : CARTEL

19-down – Of the particular neighbourhood : LOCAL

21-down – Bridge – rotated : SPAN

1-across – Short blow : PUFF

3-across – Al Capone : SCARFACE

9-across – Difficulty : PROBLEM

10-across – Interior furnishings : DECOR

11-across – Plant inducing languor : LOTUS

12-across – Part of shoe or mouth : TONGUE

14-across – Divided into sections : COMPARTMENTAL

17-across – Weak : FEEBLE

19-across – Frame : FITUP

22-across – Aroused : WOKEN

23-across – Large bird : OSTRICH

24-across – Gas in the air : NITROGEN

25-across – Slide uncontrollably : SKID

1-down – Common people : POPULACE

2-down – Show contempt for : FLOUT

4-down – Gain prominence : COMETOTHEFORE

5-down – Sculptor : RODIN

6-down – Bill : ACCOUNT

7-down – Merit : EARN

8-down – Part of blood : PLASMA

13-down – Careless : SLIPSHOD

15-down – African mongoose : MEERKAT

16-down – Degenerate : EFFETE

18-down – Housey-housey : BINGO

20-down – Fool : TRICK

21-down – Royal bird : SWAN

1-across – Limited space : STANDINGROOM

9-across – Extended bedtime! : LIEIN

10-across – See 21 : OFBRIAN

11-across – Figure worshipped – sounds like someone in 7 8 : IDOL

12-across – Banter : RAILLERY

14-across – Hot spring : GEYSER

15-across – Dowdy – drab – unattractive : FRUMPY

18-across – Thankless ones : INGRATES

20-across – Readies : CASH

22-across – Place in Kent : CHATHAM

23-across – King punished by Zeus for his love of Hera : IXION

24-across – One’s word, hand on heart : SOLEMNPLEDGE

2-down – Object of knightly quest : THEHOLY

3-down – Non-starter : NONO

4-down – Pressure line on map : ISOBAR

5-down – Rapid, indistinct speakers : GABBLERS

6-down – In abeyance : ONICE

7-down – Cult show of the ’60s and ’70s : MONTYPYTHONS

8-down – See 7 : FLYINGCIRCUS

13-down – High-ranking angels : SERAPHIM

16-down – Definition : MEANING

17-down – Unite for a common goal : TEAMUP

19-down – See 2 : GRAIL

21-down – Baffin oiler : LIFE

1-across – Innocent : GUILTLESS

8-across – : UTTER

9-across – Capable of being moulded : PLASTIC

10-across – Think deeply : COGITATE

11-across – Farm building : BARN

13-across – General – public : COMMON

14-across – Thing considered to bring good luck : MASCOT

16-across – Inner bone of the human forearm : ULNA

17-across – Long and arduous : MARATHON

19-across – Branch of mathematics : ALGEBRA

20-across – Elegant room for receiving guests : SALON

21-across – Set aside for a specific purpose : EARMARKED

1-down – Tory gain : GYRATION

2-down – Attribute to a source : IMPUTE

3-down – Freshwater duck : TEAL

4-down – Lobby : ENTRANCEHALL

5-down – Unsurpassed : SECONDTONONE

6-down – False bravery from drinking alcohol : DUTCHCOURAGE

7-down – Person supervising part of theatre production : STAGEMANAGER

12-down – Plagued : HARASSED

15-down – Heavy patterned fabric : DAMASK

18-down – Father : ABBA

1-across – Unpleasant facts told to person about himself : HOMETRUTHS

7-across – Hospital operating room – playhouse : THEATRE

8-across – Links – sequence – 22 yards : CHAIN

10-across – Metal – van – important role : LEAD

11-across – Stuffing – studying hard : CRAMMING

13-across – Spiny plant : CACTUS

15-across – Searched for – investigated – desired : SOUGHT

17-across – Hurried – sank : SCUTTLED

18-across – Travel document : VISA

21-across – Rapid – bird : SWIFT

22-across – Friendly – drink : CORDIAL

23-across – Below : UNDERNEATH

1-down – A carnivore : HYENA

2-down – Comrade – spouse – marry : MATE

3-down – Hypothesis – doctrine : THEORY

4-down – Extraordinary – rare : UNCOMMON

5-down – Audition – trial : HEARING

6-down – Regardless of expense : ATALLCOSTS

9-down – What can be mutually arranged by agreement – legally transferable : NEGOTIABLE

12-down – Translation of dialogue superimposed on film : SUBTITLE

14-down – Heed – warning – funny person : CAUTION

16-down – Signal fire – signalling buoy : BEACON

19-down – Hibernian : IRISH

20-down – Operatic song : ARIA

1-across – Device warning of possible fire : SMOKEDETECTOR

8-across – Unfasten – ruin : UNDO

9-across – Physical energy : VITALITY

10-across – People representing most common ideas : MAINSTREAM

12-across – In cans : TINNED

14-across – Carelessly : ANYHOW

15-across – Sexy female photographs – rich sweet : CHEESECAKE

19-across – Wild ruffian : HOOLIGAN

20-across – Track : PATH

21-across – Spotting : SETTINGEYESON

2-down – Drain man : MANDARIN

3-down – Recognised : KNOWN

4-down – Dedicated : DEVOTED

5-down – Tenth part – old tax : TITHE

6-down – Slander : CALUMNY

7-down – Curse : OATH

11-down – Lightly coloured crested parrot : COCKATOO

13-down – Ornament worn below the chin : NECKLET

14-down – Lack : ABSENCE

16-down – Scottish town on the River Lossie : ELGIN

17-down – Dense growth of shrubs or trees : COPSE

18-down – Small opening in the skin : PORE

1-across – Inside : WITHIN

4-across – Lacking self-confidence : TIMID

7-across – Inner side of ditch in fortifications : ESCARP

8-across – Small jewelled crown : DIADEM

9-across – First wife of Jacob : LEAH

10-across – Hidden : ULTERIOR

12-across – Type of primitive man : NEANDERTHAL

17-across – Country, capital Phnom Penh : CAMBODIA

19-across – Group of countries with common interest : BLOC

20-across – Toughen using heat : ANNEAL

21-across – Manage to get : ATTAIN

22-across – Beaver’s home – hunters use it! : LODGE

23-across – Carved figure : STATUE

1-down – Occidental – cowboy film : WESTERN

2-down – Windpipe : TRACHEA

3-down – Confiscated : IMPOUNDED

4-down – Moment : TRICE

5-down – Fortified white wine : MADEIRA

6-down – Rather shy : DEMURE

11-down – Aggressive, overbearing woman : TERMAGANT

13-down – In fur robes : ERMINED

14-down – Animal’s natural home : HABITAT

15-down – None lie : LEONINE

16-down – Write carelessly : SCRAWL

18-down – Shaped like an egg : OVATE