
ACROSS 1 Beaten by priest near church (12) 9 Bird-like, you
might say with enthusiasm (7) 10 Board-maker, perhaps, smashing crate without hesitation (7) 11
Beheaded after moving cast-iron stocks (11) 12 Bit of old French bread like that taken to university (3) 13
Beverage taker suffering acute pain, initially (6) 14 Bats sleep outside dump, returning by 7 (8) 17
Butcher puts head of mutton behind port (8) 18 Branch office opening old city's mail (6) 21
Brunewald excerpt is original (3) 22 Bravery, as it were? (11) 23 Beyond rivalry that
won't finish unsettled (7) 24 Being lower, secures river anchorage (7) 25 Blue, as
it is made to be? (12)
DOWN 1 Bar having media get-together? (7) 2 Beatles song,
unknown, spotted in hedge I take for recycling (5,4,1,4) 3 Big fish mostly heckle Irish paramilitaries
(9) 4 Bash Street Kids' last engagements (6) 5 Blues guitarist's record you won't
finish playing (2,6) 6 Bridge in musical to support singers (5) 7 Break point – purpose
is essentially guesswork (14) 8 Beef and game (6) 15 Be there to embrace sailor's
volte-face (4-5) 16 Bad-tempered, he'd re-written a letter to linguists (7-1) 17 Bottomless
pit, currently a source of bait (6) 19 Beer garden's bar missed out – failed to meet expectations (7) 20
Breaking the law with support of a Ukrainian region (6) 22 Bones of soldiers, dead ones (5)
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