Crossword for Sat, 31/Oct/2020

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Across
1: Penalty for holy person in the grip of drink? (7)

4: Dwarf's renovated half-bus (7)

9: Cereal vermin seized by superb 16-down (11)

11: D*** petrol pump sample? (7)

12: Rhyme in Old English to run the show (7).

13: Rebel action disrupted festival (11)

16: Requires five kills, or a single accurate shot. (3)

18: Period email feature (3)

19: Leaving firm when dating (5,6)

20: Get zany, swimming in exotic river (7)

21: She plays in a small enclosure on one street (7)

23: Clearances for the first couple of characters to find answers. (11)

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

25: Provisions made by the artist to get into shape for the course (7)
Down
1: Cynical Cajun died exercising (9)

2: Pound off top of door--what's inside? (5)

3: Bizarre exits are... (5)

5: Come to terms with instant operating computers (5,2,2)

6: State that may be so ideal for sap (5,8)

7: Wool is leading stocking fabric (5)

8: Let not passion sway philosophers (3-10)

10: Volume projected upwards in good acting (7)

14: Ms Starr has a gun, a mere toy (9)

15: Dryest arts die painfully (7)

17: Nationals eating spy? Gross! (9)

20: Desire tale filled with energy (5)

21: Ascendant Brazilian city supports church singing group (5)

22: Zantac's first in things to buy for composer (5)




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