Crossword for Tue, 27/Oct/2020

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Across
1: Found over everything that's left on craft (7)

4: Gymnast produces hybrid of car and boat (7)

7: Comic's ROM crashed! Small world, isn't it? (9)

9: Parade's quirky charm (5)

10: Later round without an opponent (3)

11: Measuring exotic flowers (9)

13: Enjoy a mud pie and trade it freely (3,4)

14: Hun paid out for French prince (7)

15: Unpopular cad escorted around shopping malls (7)

18: As Rev. Spooner might say, 'Please remain tomorrow' (7)

20: Wood shavings? A strange device for a banner! (9)

21: Picture a dessert without topping (3)

22: 20-across Love to be a boy on a farm; its a means of reconciliation (5,6)

23: Make the move its only temporary (9)

24: Revolver pointing up and down (7)

25: Moscow politician revolting in style (7)

Down
1: Wizards covered in liquor and beer...it might be for charity (7, 4)

2: Fire still in old instrument (7)

3: Half of them should have had an idea (7)

4: Looked up to maid turning scarlet (7)

5: 'Ransom'? Lame. Run 'Rocky I', 'II', 'III', etc. (5,8)

6: Noisy tunnel in Queens or The Bronx, for example (7)

8: Ned Lunig, thrown inside, openly seen to be crapulous (13)

12: Bright-sounding agenda touches on heavyweight legend (5,6)

16: Rider in Confederacy's last two campaigns, primarily by inclination (7)

17: One eating little head of lettuce held by cook in hot water (7)

18: Country refuge for prison's last under-jailer (7)

19: Explains how to get rid of rear ends! (7)





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