Crossword for Sat, 15/May/2021

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Across
1: Free sex, lips in beer; it's beyond words (13)

8: Secret art dashed Tennessees desire (9)

10: I turn, lost, in Italian city (5)

11: Menzies-Carr alliance keeps eye on silly timers (3-3,7)

13: Associate to give 25-down up, cryptically? (7)

14: Language - one with a Latin derivation (7)

16: Eat late, taking in a floozie's new business (5-2)

17: When you work it out, Alfie, we fish (7)

19: A cold fish embraces that woman's mortal weaknesses (8,5)

22: Crow circles front of gate in Eastern fort (5)

24: Diamonds for newlywed, coating grand frail spanner (3-6)

25: Changes direction with care, as befits a benefactor. (4, 4, 5)
Down
1: Coaches of 'Cryptic' curst nits (9)

2: Seabird coming back around by mistake (7)

3: Rifles protect lady from 16-down overhead (11)

4: The short one may be drawn (5)

5: The end, you say? On the contrary! (3)

6: Inactive planet? (5)

7: Relatives reject South Dakota styles (5)

9: Tipsy couple's getting intimate (5, 2)

12: Exchange concealed proprietary knowledge (5,6)

14: Fictional knight's one leader handled blade (7)

15: See Dennis, unfortunately, in poverty (9)

18: Tavern drink for the auditor, one with access to confidential information (7)

19: Pathological bumbler holds a record (5)

20: Its difficult to include the overhead in the cache (5)

21: Supplementing oriental ruler (5)

23: Take a turn or a thousand dollars (3)




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