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Across
- 8. Hundreds of thousands provided in recession from public treasury (6)
- 9. Unaided, caught top gangster (2,6)
- 10. Forcibly fit digging tool through cut (8)
- 11. Prepare to stop (4,2)
- 12. Submit gooey junk for review? I can't believe it! (3,4,2,6)
- 14. Doctor cutting a narrow path around or near the kidneys (7)
- 16. Proclaim it a tear inducing parody (7)
- 19. Make an anagram correspond with another (8,7)
- 22. Starting off ham radio broadcast with a bang? (6)
- 24. Press chasing actors very hard (4-4)
- 25. Fine writer Elia's other avatar (8)
- 26. Wise bird losing head and one's heart (6)
Down
- 1. Wealthy and affluent to keep an eye out for capital (8)
- 2. Squeal when jet's cold with temperature dropping (6)
- 3. Dabs lotion to deal with discolouration (10)
- 4. One hopeful catch ends in drop (7)
- 5. Turning ten was excellent (4)
- 6. High quality rump steak son rejected after ordering (8)
- 7. One after the other from jail picked up (2,4)
- 13. Masses join in moving spontaneous performance (3,7)
- 15. Fine cricket here, all-round absorbing (8)
- 17. Fabulous winner to scale over peaks of tennis order (8)
- 18. Fruits of exercise, pain and suffering (7)
- 20. Did a security job by calling out raid (1-5)
- 21. Time to look for pudding (6)
- 23. Notice in passing, old piece of information (4)
Published - December 23, 2017 12:05 am IST
