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Across
- 7. Dam, second in that place, but not the last (6)
- 8. Disposed of soiled paper and flushed (8)
- 9. Small framed opening device, clear in the middle, a rooftop feature (8)
- 10. Climbs ladders (6)
- 11. Proof ferocious bears come forward (5)
- 12. Exercise a good deal before game (6)
- 14. Wearing dinner jackets, hosts tee off; singular to wear fancy clothes (5,2,3,5)
- 17. Green belt in Peru (6)
- 18. Bribe assuming politician is not on the level? (5)
- 22. Bird skips nut, ground full of beans (6)
- 23. Western Buddhist school backing royal right to abdicate — this gives a better perspective (5-3)
- 24. Done in error, originally missed during review for head of state (8)
- 25. Old man takes advantage of breaks (6)
Down
- 1. Oil, potentially for war, took over surplus crude (4,2,3)
- 2. Transport vehicles gutted for delay (6)
- 3. Yanks bother society (5)
- 4. Strand in a quiet, alternatively secluded spot (8)
- 5. Ironical, a Marine bars seafood (8)
- 6. Fed the system, say, and prepared to get plastered (5)
- 8. Puppet or pet? An ambiguous document in script (3,3,2,5)
- 13. Regius Professor (Law) parries main counter thrown (9)
- 15. Blue outfit worn by Norway's queen (8)
- 16. Difficult to take a run, biding time (8)
- 19. Duly melting at edges, blown fuse comes in handy (6)
- 20. Silver lining prevailed? Load of bull, possibly (5)
- 21. Revolutions in rotation of crops (5)
