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Exercise your brain cells LAST ISSUE’S SOLUTIONS ACROSS: 6) Ban, 7) Timepiece,
9) Treacherous, 11) Elfin, 12) Stock it, 14) Jupiter, 15) Stays, 17) Provisional, 19) Lastingly, 20) Art. DOWN: 1) Garrulous, 2) Night,
3) Re-write, 4) Bifurcation, 5) Ice, 8) Familiarity, 10) Airy-fairy, 13) Servant, 16) Psalm, 18) Bad.
CLUES ACROSS 7 Do this and you might also acquire, or a rental matter (4)
CLUES DOWN 1 One robe for Madam Butterfly (6)
8 Of an extremely close proximity (4, 4)
2 When, when, when little one, will you lay me an egg for my tea? (3)
9 Propel a boat with angry words and arguments (3)
3 We will walk down it, till we’re there (6)
10 With the teeth take hold and chew (4)
4 Maker of malted beverages (6)
11 Springs eternal so they say, it’s an uncertain wish (4)
5 When the world was young and we perhaps were not (2, 3, 4)
13 Degree of optimism or confidence of one or a group (6) 14 Account given with a loud bang (6) 15 Work through the jobs slowly or uncontrollably (6) 18 Irritation and inconvenience caused (6) 20 Upon which to recline and lounge (4) 21 Given to a beggar or a good cause (4)
6 Semi-precious gemstone, usually red could be knighted for a villain (6) 12 Instinctively, of course, in the normal way (9) 16 Become less tight but no booze necessary (6) 17 Thus meet two travelling in opposite directions (4-2)
22 Subtle and sarcastic but dull and uninteresting too (3)
18 Hits a string when a key is pressed for a note of distinction (6)
24 Performed in a satisfactory manner, congratulations (4, 4)
19 Words for a melody written to sing (6)
25 Leaving no-one out, every individual attended to (4) 82
23 The clue that solves the problem (3)
