Crossword for Tue, 22/Aug/2017

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Across
1: Master William's title - or not? (7)

3: Confederate general accepts a satisfactory discharge (7)

7: Nick's not at church (5)

9: Evaluation pack of standard images (4,5)

11: Goes through ere sixpence circulates (11)

13: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)

15: Cops and I abandon frayed trampoline (9)

16: Scrabble piece having D and a diacritical mark (5)

17: Neil Armstrong initially brought back extraterrestrial (5)

18: Page with scope for truism (9)

19: Wander around inside territory (3)

20: Hostile warning: one man has captured the queen (11)

21: Glasses for ships (9)

22: Some gambling couple no longer in bed! (3-2)

24: Employ new, rare chemical compound (7)

25: Publicity about Bohr dissolutely led to drink.(7)

Down
1: Think at length about lost planet, comet (11)

2: Capture perfect score in review (3)

4: Canal gates for some salmon described (5)

5: Sadly curtail urge for land cultivation (11)

6: Aliens set off (3)

8: Prattle about nothing, meaning spear (7)

9: Employ heart-broken Spartans where disaster came to pass. (11)

10: Support sign for subordinates (11)

12: Bend in Pennsylvania court case related to revered founder (11)

14: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)

16: Red tint disguises missile (7)

20: First bud to emerge in flower. (5)

21: Lifeblood of dope (3)

23: Have bananas now (3)





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