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August 09, 2016 03:13 am | Updated September 30, 2016 07:04 pm IST

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Across

  • 1. What nosedives may end up in? (9)
  • 6. Oddly effete, small crawlers (4)
  • 8. Easy going A-student falling behind in class (8)
  • 9. See, for starters, clues assassin left behind at edge of crime scene (6)
  • 10. Mr. Anarchy, Kid Dot corrupted ordinary people (3,4,3,5)
  • 11. Exhausted, uneasy without energy (5)
  • 13. Old flame pretending to be tough (8)
  • 15. Leaderless people conquered through Lockheed Martin's métier (8)
  • 18. The devil you see might disappear, but he's never getting out (5)
  • 20. Really attracts fame of a different order (2,1,6,2,4)
  • 23. Studies bores (6)
  • 24. Coppers without borders splinter politburo section? (8)
  • 25. It's all downhill from here! (4)
  • 26. Wise, if largely melancholy. Polite, though not right (9)

Down

  • 1. Spicy flavour — nothing one won't do for this (5)
  • 2. So as to be fashionable, take fringe off skirt (2,5)
  • 3. Absurdist turns up with spice (5)
  • 4. Oddly flat and meek after being sick, leading to low esteem (3,4)
  • 5. Cocktail venue for vegans? (5,3)
  • 6. Tendency to go topless might mesmerise (7)
  • 7. Acceptance for scarf initially lacking by majority of European nation (9)
  • 12. Spy operation cut short following adverse development (9)
  • 14. Clumsily curtsies and grimaces (8)
  • 16. Collection in this for flock of wild ox, lamb and sheep primarily (4,3)
  • 17. Requiring ingredients shaken, not stirred! (7)
  • 19. “Hell no,” federal exchequer chiefs interrupted “Our money comes first” (7)
  • 21. Chiefs of principality took intelligent counsel of the seer (5)
  • 22. Put out burden (5)

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