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1-across – Bog : MIRE

3-across – Platform for election speeches : HUSTINGS

9-across – Toxic metal used in plating : CADMIUM

10-across – Practical joke : PRANK

11-across – Missile : ARROW

12-across – Drink of gods and insects : NECTAR

14-across – Of no consequence : INSIGNIFICANT

17-across – Banal : COMMON

19-across – : PLACE

22-across – Confess : OWNUP

23-across – Young male ox : BULLOCK

24-across – Magician : SORCERER

25-across – He changes colour, as it were : DYER

1-down – American Indian shoe : MOCCASIN

2-down – Addition to verdict : RIDER

4-down – Not fit to be referred to : UNMENTIONABLE

5-down – Subject : TOPIC

6-down – Falls : NIAGARA

7-down – Rice drink – for heaven’s ____ ! : SAKE

8-down – VIP : BIGWIG

13-down – Runner in the nude : STREAKER

15-down – Victorian cleric who fed sunny things : SPOONER

16-down – Pierce with lance etc : IMPALE

18-down – Tree producing syrup : MAPLE

20-down – Extreme pain : AGONY

21-down – Throw into the air : TOSS

1-across – Crammed tight : CHOCKFULL

8-across – Run away – fastening! : BOLT

9-across – Put rifle on shoulder : SLOPEARMS

10-across – Preserve : KEEP

13-across – Type of steak : TBONE

15-across – Vigorous : PUNCHY

16-across – Minor earthquake : TREMOR

17-across – Self-possession : APLOMB

19-across – Hateful : ODIOUS

20-across – Investigate : PROBE

21-across – Come down to earth : LAND

24-across – Substance given off during seance : ECTOPLASM

25-across – Gas used in lighting : NEON

26-across – Arranged to take place at intervals : STAGGERED

2-down – Tiller – part of armour : HELM

3-down – Promontory : CAPE

4-down – Sagging, not firm : FLABBY

5-down – Mourn : LAMENT

6-down – Sequel to marriage : HONEYMOON

7-down – The latest news : STOPPRESS

11-down – Dreadful : APPALLING

12-down – Medieval fireplace feature : INGLENOOK

13-down – Heavy blow : THUMP

14-down – Wear away : ERODE

18-down – German playwright : BRECHT

19-down – Rectangular : OBLONG

22-down – Colour : BLUE

23-down – Man, for example! : ISLE

1-across – Additional diagnosis : SECONDOPINION

8-across – Vegetable : PEA

9-across – Resemble : TAKEAFTER

10-across – Expert reasoner : LOGICIAN

11-across – Fish – alone! : SOLE

13-across – Select : CHOOSE

14-across – Quick : SNAPPY

16-across – Continuous dull pain : ACHE

17-across – Warbler : BLACKCAP

20-across – Retailer – artisan : TRADESMAN

21-across – Sick : ILL

22-across – Official document of inventor’s rights : LETTERSPATENT

1-down – Part of flower : SEPAL

2-down – Conversion : CHANGEOFHEART

3-down – Wallet : NOTECASE

4-down – Town in Rutland : OAKHAM

5-down – Persia : IRAN

6-down – Given to study of one’s inner self : INTROSPECTIVE

7-down – Scene of young children or plants : NURSERY

12-down – Snake : ANACONDA

13-down – Piece of portable property : CHATTEL

15-down – Scottish castle : GLAMIS

18-down – Driver of aircraft : PILOT

19-down – Nothing but – a lake! : MERE

1-across – Mark on ship showing loading levels : PLIMSOLLLINE

9-across – Proprietor : OWNER

10-across – Persistent questioning : PUMPING

11-across – Not legally binding : VOID

12-across – Keep up – carry on : MAINTAIN

14-across – Majestic : AUGUST

15-across – Mark of disgrace : STIGMA

18-across – Revive : REAWAKEN

20-across – Vertical member of door frame : JAMB

22-across – Title with picture : CAPTION

23-across – Earth used in pigments : OCHRE

24-across – Bureau proving companions for hire : ESCORTAGENCY

2-down – Yearning : LONGING

3-down – Scratch – German coin : MARK

4-down – Child bereft of parents : ORPHAN

5-down – Form in thin sheets : LAMINATE

6-down – One of the Balearic Islands : IBIZA

7-down – 5th Century BC Greek sculptures brought to England : ELGINMARBLES

8-down – People with recently acquired wealth : NOUVEAURICHE

13-down – Trellis for training fruit trees : ESPALIER

16-down – Vividly descriptive : GRAPHIC

17-down – Rupture : HERNIA

19-down – Savoury jelly : ASPIC

21-down – Change position : MOVE

1-across – Calm – sea : PACIFIC

8-across – Side by side : ABREAST

9-across – Insist upon – abandon : LAYDOWN

10-across – Byre : COWSHED

11-across – Levels – the odds? : EVENS

13-across – Hand reading : PALMISTRY

15-across – Solved mystery – became brighter : CLEAREDUP

18-across – Musical drama : OPERA

21-across – Road material : MACADAM

22-across – Loss of memory : AMNESIA

23-across – Craftsman : ARTISAN

24-across – Anatomise : DISSECT

1-down – It beats – peas and beans : PULSE

2-down – Glaswegian river : CLYDE

3-down – Illusory happiness : FOOLSPARADISE

4-down – Revoke : CANCEL

5-down – Notional credit marks : BROWNIEPOINTS

6-down – Official seal – prestige : CACHET

7-down – Dull – heavy : STODGY

12-down – Calf meat : VEAL

14-down – Bring up – the tail : REAR

15-down – Fight : COMBAT

16-down – Stimulate – arouse : EXCITE

17-down – What the public wants – to ask : DEMAND

19-down – Follow later : ENSUE

20-down – Astern : ABAFT

1-across – Conduct – performance : BEHAVIOUR

8-across – Spoken : ORAL

9-across – Sheep – cheese : LEICESTER

10-across – Low – average : MEAN

13-across – Ire : ANGER

15-across – Transfix : IMPALE

16-across – Don’t miss – review : NOTICE

17-across – Office – desk : BUREAU

19-across – Coax : CAJOLE

20-across – Entangle wool – show displeasure : SNARL

21-across – Swing – music : LILT

24-across – Leaves – effortlessly : HANDSDOWN

25-across – Sea-eagle : ERNE

26-across – Thankfulness : GRATITUDE

2-down – Pitcher : EWER

3-down – Chief – supporter – cunning : ARCH

4-down – Crazy : INSANE

5-down – Rough – odd : UNEVEN

6-down – Attempted to deceive : TRIEDITON

7-down – Made a mistake : BLUNDERED

11-down – Incredulity : DISBELIEF

12-down – Not still – like diamonds : SPARKLING

13-down – Otherwise called : ALIAS

14-down – Regal : ROYAL

18-down – Not just – dishonest : UNFAIR

19-down – Believe – one side of an account : CREDIT

22-down – Revise : EDIT

23-down – In debt to : OWED

1-across – Group, maybe criminal : GANG

3-across – Timber cutter : CHAINSAW

8-across – Wild overindulgent party : ORGY

9-across – Supplier of lines in the theatre : PROMPTER

11-across – Confused medley : HOTCHPOTCH

14-across – Immediate ancestor : PARENT

15-across – Paladin : OLIVER

17-across – Carved : SCULPTURED

20-across – Exact : ACCURATE

21-across – Game – explorer : POLO

22-across – Political or religious official : MINISTER

23-across – Slide at an angle : SKID

1-down – Cape : GOODHOPE

2-down – Trifling : NUGATORY

4-down – Extreme fear or revulsion : HORROR

5-down – Spotless : IMMACULATE

6-down – Location : SITE

7-down – Pervert – distort : WARP

10-down – Thick-skinned beast : RHINOCEROS

12-down – Fail or decline to notice : OVERLODK

13-down – Yorkshire city : BRADFORD

16-down – Happy and maybe casual : BLITHE

18-down – Soothing herb : BALM

19-down – Picture or symbol on screen : ICON

1-across – Out of bed early : UPWITHTHELARK

8-across – Lump of earth : CLOD

9-across – Water-resistant outer garment : RAINCOAT

10-across – Expert on the art of planning war : STRATEGIST

12-across – Surgical knife : LANCET

14-across – Steering device on boat : RUDDER

15-across – Dried out : DEHYDRATED

19-across – Height : EMINENCE

20-across – Edging material – in good order : TRIM

21-across – Absolutely stable : STEADYASAROCK

2-down – Magnificent : PALATIAL

3-down – Republic in south Asia : INDIA

4-down – Crop – gathering : HARVEST

5-down – Its capital is Port-au-Prince : HAITI

6-down – Sited : LOCATED

7-down – Wander : ROAM

11-down – Clear ice : CELERIAC

13-down – Elaborate passage for soloist : CADENZA

14-down – Set right : REDRESS

16-down – Useful – within reach : HANDY

17-down – Table for the Eucharist : ALTAR

18-down – Obscene talk : SMUT

1-across – Fielder positioned behind batsman : WICKET

4-across – : KEEPER

9-across – Teach : EDUCATE

10-across – Imprinted mark : STAMP

11-across – Lock of hair : TRESS

12-across – Theatre employee – sideboard : DRESSER

13-across – Saxifrage with pinkish-white flowers : LONDONPRIDE

18-across – – to – = in close confrontation : EYEBALL

20-across – Ditch or moat : FOSSE

22-across – Wrong : AMISS

23-across – Errand : MESSAGE

24-across – US territory split North and South : DAKOTA

25-across – Large wine bottle : FLAGON

1-down – Ring of flowers : WREATH

2-down – Charity – motive : CAUSE

3-down – Passed, of time : ELAPSED

5-down – Happen after : ENSUE

6-down – Spoke well of : PRAISED

7-down – Complain about – account : REPORT

8-down – Pale and grim : READINGLAMP

14-down – Tapering stone column : OBELISK

15-down – Rejection : REFUSAL

16-down – Call for – order : DEMAND

17-down – River flowing to the Bristol Channel : SEVERN

19-down – Advantage : ASSET

21-down – Colloquial language : SLANG

1-across – Sailor – seen on the bowling green : JACK

3-across – Modern – fashionable : UPTODATE

8-across – Smash – bother! – make a run for it : DASH

9-across – Ex-lover : OLDFLAME

11-across – Dramatist : PLAYWRIGHT

14-across – Revolve : ROTATE

15-across – Ire : CHOLER

17-across – Former anaesthetic : CHLOROFORM

20-across – Stress : EMPHASIS

21-across – Sea – chief : MAIN

22-across – Hitting – out : STRIKING

23-across – Count – recount : TELL

1-down – Riding breeches : JODHPURS

2-down – Victim – injured person : CASUALTY

4-down – Wan : PALLID

5-down – Out of danger – free from guilt : OFFTHEHOOK

6-down – Partly open : AJAR

7-down – Always : EVER

10-down – Rollercoaster : SWITCHBACK

12-down – Apportion : ALLOCATE

13-down – Felon : CRIMINAL

16-down – Moving – resolution : MOTION

18-down – Canteen – chaos : MESS

19-down – Crystal – box : SPAR