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Across
- 7. Above same as before, go over the top (6)
- 8. Elite soldier, no doubt initially enlisted (8)
- 9. Veteran using former rank to accumulate millions (3-5)
- 10. News broadcast breaking north-eastern state's reaction (6)
- 11. Joint entry in bank ledger (5)
- 12. Rider outside column in front row (6)
- 14. Invalid daughter, hugely retarded minor, easily contracted illness (3,7,5)
- 17. Land having a space for checked or unchecked entry (6)
- 18. Lacking feeling on one's uppers (5)
- 22. Girl wanting boy makes for professional alliances (6)
- 23. Relevant to probe shady vices of inmates (8)
- 24. Shed tears starting to see sad closure (8)
- 25. Tease bachelor about girl's strip? (6)
Down
- 1. Naval volleys in long barrage (9)
- 2. Very dry area, land isolated and cruel (6)
- 3. Spacious yard fell to the north (5)
- 4. Set sail from bay, remedy ensuring no border controls (8)
- 5. Conventional wife's husband and father acquiring gold, son without working getting gold (8)
- 6. One milked in fraud derivatives (5)
- 8. Stupid charade, cretin acted as fall guy (7,3,3)
- 13. Fruit from neem long over-refined (4,5)
- 15. Randomly decide points to protect inexperienced beginner (4,4)
- 16. Failed attempt by one frustrating another one's release (8)
- 19. Hat's one pound including tax? Just the opposite (6)
- 20. With silence for rest and recreation, groom is relaxed (5)
- 21. Back to back knocks coming up in a flash (5)
