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CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Discharge from the Army? (7) 5 Fleet quietly stopping

attack (5)

8 Singer in worst ENO

Rigoletto (5)

9 Time out hurt socialist

given lesson (7)

10 African alien hiding pain

meets Scotsman (8) 11 Clubs held by United but

not now? (4)

13 Silky moth so fluttering (6) 15 Brides upset in broken bits (6) 18 Sky will do play-off cricket

finals? (4) 19 Chaste priest hit in church

(8)

22 Name strange individual in

plant (7)

23 Chosen people in village

lectured (5)

24 Problem for couple (5) 25 Desert people in fierce

competition (3,4)

DOWN

1 Yellow as some

supermarket chickens? (7) 2 Knight in Big Apple a

simpleton (5)

3 Furious about it after

computer's last bug (8) 4 Texas Ranger, initially

confused, runs (6) 5 Religious words correct

we hear (4)

6 Lover's note penned by

one seeking divorce? (7) 7 Kansas City magistrate

imprisons duke (5) 12 Occupant makes chief

exec powerless (8) 14 Bad rhythm is unorthodox

(7)

16 007 enemy destroyed

respect (7)

17 Streaker puts nothing in

parking device (6) 18 Restraint boxer needs in

Castle Ashby? (5) 20 Stadium put up in a

number of years (5) 21 Ham producer in Old

Testament (4)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Sound of shooting (7) 5 Moving quickly (5) 8 Male voice (5) 9 Taught (7)

10 Cairo native (8)

11 In the past (4) 13 Unwrinkled (6) 15 Scattered rubbish (6) 18 Attic (4) 19 Unmarried (8) 22 Windflower (7) 23 Vote in (5)

24 Thumb a lift (5) 25 Daily grind (3,4)

DOWN

1 Cowardly (7) 2 Nincompoop (5) 3 Vex (8)

4 Additional items (6) 5 Ceremony (4) 6 Business associate (7) 7 Cunning trick (5) 12 Dweller (8) 14 Unconventional (7) 16 Ghostly figure (7) 17 Shooting star (6)

18 Dog lead (5)

20 Large sports venue (5) 21 Biblical patriarch (4)