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1-across – Compulsive thief : KLEPTOMANIAC

9-across – Spiked wheel on spur : ROWEL

10-across – Slippery : ELUSIVE

11-across – Christmas : NOEL

12-across – Thick bread slice : DOORSTEP

14-across – Spiritualist : MYSTIC

15-across – Overt : PUBLIC

18-across – It holds the kernel : NUTSHELL

20-across – Girl’s name – Austen novel : EMMA

22-across – Roll of names to be murdered : HITLIST

23-across – Holy vessel used at the Last Supper : GRAIL

24-across – Removal van : PANTECHNICON

2-down – Without rules : LAWLESS

3-down – Game – explorer – mint – VW : POLO

4-down – Wildcat : OCELOT

5-down – Star sign : AQUARIUS

6-down – Fool : IDIOT

7-down – Insect : CREEPYCRAWLY

8-down – Pressing of a dangerous situation to the limit : BRINKMANSHIP

13-down – When the foreshore is covered : HIGHTIDE

16-down – Backache : LUMBAGO

17-down – Computer problem : GLITCH

19-down – Person of great importance : TITAN

21-down – Trademarked fruit : UGLI

1-across – Planet with concentric rings : SATURN

4-across – Breathing disorder : ASTHMA

9-across – Half man, half horse : CENTAUR

10-across – Received and understood! : ROGER

11-across – Beethoven’s Choral, for example : NINTH

12-across – Planet – Roman equivalent of Zeus : JUPITER

13-across – Wicked sorceress, half-sister to King Arthur : MORGANLEFAY

18-across – West Indian ballad – Homerian sea nymph : CALYPSO

20-across – Alpine call : YODEL

22-across – Belonging to them : THEIR

23-across – Device for carrying winter sports enthusiasts : SKILIFT

24-across – Sign up : ENLIST

25-across – Developing baby in the womb : EMBRYO

1-down – Silver medal position : SECOND

2-down – Type of saw : TENON

3-down – Driving pig? : ROADHOG

5-down – Series of cartoons : STRIP

6-down – Afternoon meal : HIGHTEA

7-down – Roman goddess of the dawn : AURORA

8-down – Trap intended to undermine the enemy position : TROJANHORSE

14-down – Source of black gold : OILWELL

15-down – Home of the blessed dead in Greek myth : ELYSIUM

16-down – Reaping tool : SCYTHE

17-down – Unconscious : BLOTTO

19-down – Prince who abducted Helen, starting a long war : PARIS

21-down – Machine which removes water : DRIER

1-across – Family : FLESHANDBLOOD

8-across – High-frequency loudspeaker – small bird? : TWEETER

9-across – Tropical wet season : RAINS

10-across – Wind : COIL

11-across – One whose title lapses at death : LIFEPEER

13-across – Central parts of atoms : NUCLEI

14-across – Kind of verse form with lines of five feet, each with two syllables : IAMBIC

17-across – Young church singer : CHOIRBOY

19-across – Incites – farm produce : EGGS

21-across – Individual articles : ITEMS

22-across – Sleep : SHUTEYE

24-across – Non-systematic way to discover solution : TRIALANDERROR

1-down – Healthy – episode of epilepsy : FIT

2-down – Mournful : ELEGIAC

3-down – Intense : HATE

4-down – The Land of Lions, Witches and Wardrobes? : NARNIA

5-down – Person in charge of canal boat : BARGEMAN

6-down – Evergreen Mediterranean tree : OLIVE

7-down – Areas of jurisdiction : DISTRICTS

10-down – Enrol for compulsory service : CONSCRIPT

12-down – Retaliatory action : REPRISAL

15-down – Cause of obsessive fear : BUGBEAR

16-down – Boy sponsored at baptism : GODSON

18-down – Dagger signs in printing : OBELI

20-down – Slipper – beast of burden : MULE

23-down – Organ of hearing : EAR

1-across – Animal related to the dog : JACKAL

4-across – Largest Canadian province : QUEBEC

8-across – Sort of guard, panther, jack or pudding… : BLACK

9-across – … the day of rest : SABBATH

10-across – Look that inflicts harm : EVILEYE

11-across – Oil from flowers for perfume : ATTAR

12-across – Explosive mixture – plot of 1605 : GUNPOWDER

17-across – Muslim’s wives : HAREM

19-across – Help for US post sorter : ZIPCODE

21-across – Young Girl Guide… : BROWNIE

22-across – … indicate location : POINT

23-across – Southern county, divided into East and West : SUSSEX

24-across – Marshlike : SWAMPY

1-down – Chatter incoherently : JABBER

2-down – Great desire : CRAVING

3-down – Famous racehorse : ARKLE

5-down – Angrily reproach : UPBRAID

6-down – Mild expletive – sharp explosion : BLAST

7-down – Unit of Roman soldiers – group of people of same age : COHORT

9-down – Noisy confusion – uproar : SHEMOZZLE

13-down – His/her name is put forward : NOMINEE

14-down – Chemical element, symbol Rh : RHODIUM

15-down – Old city of Greece or Egypt : THEBES

16-down – With dexterity : DEFTLY

18-down – Ancestry : ROOTS

20-down – Custard apple : PAPAW

1-across – Wave the white flag : SURRENDER

8-across – Shadow cast during eclipse : UMBRA

9-across – Take opponent’s piece : CAPTURE

10-across – Having no equals : PEERLESS

11-across – Small jumper in small circus : FLEA

13-across – Lancashire meat dish : HOTPOT

14-across – Furniture-decorating alloy : ORMOLU

16-across – Sarcastic remark : QUIP

17-across – Most drab : DINGIEST

19-across – Denouement : ENDGAME

20-across – Spanish male forename : DIEGO

21-across – Puts into jeopardy : ENDANGERS

1-down – Highly contagious disease : SMALLPOX

2-down – Break from proceedings : RECESS

3-down – Glimpse … : ESPY

4-down – … secret agent Bond : DOUBLEOSEVEN

5-down – New appraisal of worth : REEVALUATION

6-down – Push in : JUMPTHEQUEUE

7-down – Forgetful : ABSENTMINDED

12-down – : BRIGADES

15-down – Name given to main Christian creed : NICENE

18-down – Expression of tiredness : YAWN

1-across – Endow with new life : REVITALISE

7-across – 23’s creature, easily recognised at night! : THEDONG

8-across – Damp : MOIST

10-across – Achilles’ weak spot : HEEL

11-across – Unpleasant : STINKPOT

13-across – 23’s digitally-challenged creature : POBBLE

15-across – Coypu : NUTRIA

17-across – : LIGHTALE

18-across – See 7 : NOSE

21-across – Period of time – bewitching utterance : SPELL

22-across – See 7 : WITHTHE

23-across – Nonsense rhyme man : EDWARDLEAR

1-down – One of Chaucer’s tale-tellers : REEVE

2-down – Stringed instrument : VIOL

3-down – Ballet wear : TIGHTS

4-down – See 7 : LUMINOUS

5-down – Captain of team or boat – type of butterfly : SKIPPER

6-down – Sign of avarice : ITCHYPALMS

9-down – Private one-to-one conversations : TETEATETES

12-down – Fleet of small vessels : FLOTILLA

14-down – Egotist : BIGHEAD

16-down – Applied the brakes : SLOWED

19-down – Tarka, for one : OTTER

20-down – Eyelid inflammation : STYE

1-across – Treetops mark it : TIMBERLINE

7-across – Redford directed this film, 1994 : QUIZSHOW

8-across – Candle cord : WICK

9-across – Ripped – undecided : TORN

10-across – Courtroom enclosure : JURYBOX

12-across – Where chain might break – 7 : WEAKESTLINK

14-across – Longish odds – 7 : FIFTEEN

16-across – US composer, Charles : IVES

19-across – European capital city : OSLO

20-across – West Indian island : TRINIDAD

21-across – Leader of the flock : BELLWETHER

1-down – Make fun of : TAUNT

2-down – Polish national dance : MAZURKA

3-down – Nymph spurned by Narcissus : ECHO

4-down – Legal proceedings : LAWSUITS

5-down – Absolutely not! : NOWAY

6-down – See 18 : OCLOCK

11-down – Base supporting column : PEDESTAL

12-down – Capricious idea – sounds like Sayers’ sleuth : WHIMSY

13-down – Use abusive language : INVEIGH

15-down – See 14 : TOONE

17-down – Indoor step : STAIR

18-down – End of the working day? : FIVE

1-across – It was solved by 18 : THERIDDLEOF

9-across – See 1 : THESPHINX

10-across – Pig-stealing piper’s son : TOM

11-across – Hindu class of society : CASTE

13-across – Hardwood floor covering : PARQUET

14-across – Classical dancing style : BALLET

15-across – Fit for employment : USABLE

18-across – He married his mother : OEDIPUS

20-across – Subject of 1 9 : THREE

21-across – Greek letter – time due : ETA

22-across – See 20 : AGESOFMAN

24-across – Kill : ASSASSINATE

2-down – Shade of colour : HUE

3-down – Satiated : REPLETE

4-down – Mawkish – leaking? : DRIPPY

5-down – Nile town : LUXOR

6-down – Have more : OUTNUMBER

7-down – Buyer and seller of securities for clients : STOCKBROKER

8-down – Shattered fragments : SMITHEREENS

12-down – Youthful period – when one is green in judgment, cold in blood : SALADDAYS

16-down – Take a seat : SITDOWN

17-down – Weigh up : ASSESS

19-down – Spanish town square : PLAZA

23-down – Floor covering : MAT

1-across – : STARDOM

8-across – Approximate : INEXACT

9-across – Thorough health check : MEDICAL

10-across – Place in position or rank : INSTALL

11-across – Load carried : CARGO

13-across – Daily deliverer of milk, papers, etc : ROUNDSMAN

15-across – Miniature representation : MICROCOSM

18-across – Unscripted : ADLIB

21-across – Desert : ABANDON

22-across – Go to ask eg 9 opinion : CONSULT

23-across – Swiss canton, city and lake : LUCERNE

24-across – 9 practitioner : SURGEON

1-down – Subtropical tree : SUMAC

2-down – Snake – abacus? : ADDER

3-down – 9 recommendation : DOCTORSORDERS

4-down – Surroundings – location : MILIEU

5-down – 9 bearing : BEDSIDEMANNER

6-down – Highly incendiary liquid : NAPALM

7-down – Illegally taken : STOLEN

12-down – Italian wine – : ASTI

14-down – … not in favour of : ANTI

15-down – Meagre in quantity : MEASLY

16-down – Risky : CHANCY

17-down – Snow leopards – 16 of them in pound : OUNCES

19-down – Bloodsucking insect : LOUSE

20-down – Conductor’s stick : BATON

1-across – Southern county – Susan, actress : HAMPSHIRE

8-across – Love god : EROS

9-across – Highest power : SUPREMACY

10-across – Jacob’s brother in the Bible : ESAU

13-across – Political influence – flat-headed nail : CLOUT

15-across – Hoyden : TOMBOY

16-across – Scene of 1976 riots southwest of Johannesburg : SOWETO

17-across – Deputise – complete form : FILLIN

19-across – Dilapidated old car : JALOPY

20-across – Spanish port : CADIZ

21-across – Formal attire : ROBE

24-across – Transvestite performer : DRAGQUEEN

25-across – Bovine animals, in yoke : OXEN

26-across – Cajole : SWEETTALK

2-down – Border on : ABUT

3-down – Pig meat : PORK

4-down – Sermon : HOMILY

5-down – Uproar – noisy disturbance : RUCKUS

6-down – London square – governors : GROSVENOR

7-down – Our cryptic crossword always carries one : PSEUDONYM

11-down – Teachers’ haven! : STAFFROOM

12-down – Trivial matter : SMALLBEER

13-down – Funny : COMIC

14-down – Mineral used as a gemstone : TOPAZ

18-down – Sort of boat, escape, gauge or squeak : NARROW

19-down – Catchy advertising tune – Pickwick Papers character : JINGLE

22-down – Fair-minded : JUST

23-down – Fanatical enthusiasm : ZEAL