Crossword for Sun, 14/Jan/2024

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Across
1: Melodic rearrangement of asymmetrically split second part (7)

5: Winter creation initially scares dwarf. Ms. Landers to listen. (7)

7: The princess's leisure is exposed for public perusal. (7)

8: Half disapprove of old king (3)

10: Perform part of play (3)

11: I'd party wildly after hitting this? (3,4)

12: Aria Sue belted for a very big hunk?(7)

13: Very brave, Dorothy's starting without Em perhaps? (9)

14: Expel National Service Union leaders and heartbreak will follow (5)

15: Level called for salary increase (5)

16: There are crazy Romanians in this tiny republic. (3,6)

19: Lawman inside fires back, hits female (7)

20: Prolong Austins suffering (7)

21: Call for help oddly stops (3)

22: Hear Native American appeal (3)

23: Hard to define evil, use 'gone astray' (7)

24: Kidnaps sailors swimming around the Channel (7)

25: Mr. Sharpton's under canvas singing and dancing? (7)

Down
2: Dangerous undertaking skiers in busy S bend (5,8)

3: Illness I catch performing exercises? (13)

4: Baby's things even discovered in past (7)

5: Crossword compilers are dogs. (7)

6: University with unconventional stance about unconventional person (7)

7: Ripped off a group of hard-up Edwardians (5)

9: 3-down said Sir, I have these! (5,4,4)

10: Liquidation of one country led by pair of fools (13)

15: Albatross, seals cluster here! (4,3)

16: Reduces strain from years of tension (7)

17: Trail after an uprising beginning to form (7)

18: There was little weight in the announcement. (5)





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