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Across
- 7. Chap wants engineer to be a lumberjack (6)
- 8. Substitute ultra-thin chip (5-3)
- 9. Fight when one is born, at least as deprived alien (2,6)
- 10. Censor taking days to respond (6)
- 11. Fellow's after article, one appropriated by him? (5)
- 12. Victory over victory secured fan (6)
- 14. Run on a trek, but ask all about conserving energy (4,1,4,6)
- 17. Long break in setter's contrary career (2,4)
- 18. Hold fast in corner, showing resolve (5)
- 22. Time and matter forming an intricate web (6)
- 23. Away on vacation, having a ball (3,5)
- 24. Bit senior to count mere cash flows (8)
- 25. Linking Aadhaar with PAN, otherwise returns not honoured (6)
Down
- 1. Narrow chair, old fashioned, familiar seating (9)
- 2. Remain attached or split (6)
- 3. Banger and mash a cert (5)
- 4. Competitors train, one bystander sent off (8)
- 5. Quiet affair saving a woman on turning tail (8)
- 6. Drop gully (5)
- 8. Spooner's cutie pie, a gem (8,5)
- 13. Steamer-like vessel, basically boat, that's entering busy marina (4-5)
- 15. Extended hose from the Reverend's church tap (4,4)
- 16. Secured means none within earshot moved around (8)
- 19. Standard phone pulling in a wave of subscriptions (6)
- 20. Key to enter flat, ivory-tipped (5)
- 21. Reportedly chicken, possibly after area's in conflict (5)
