Crossword for Sat, 5/Nov/2022

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Across
1: Silver inside for each calling device (5)

4: Junior officer finds badly burnt seal (9)

9: Surprised fat southerner heading west to execute media mogul Turner (13)

10: Recluse before had a very small sum of money (7)

11: Bore stopped outside ancient city (7)

12: Mary-Jane crochets her Pop a jumper (11)

14: God! Get real! There's no point getting upset (3)

16: Fish spawn upstream in little orifices (3)

18: Intruders bury proles in pieces (11).

20: I am to beat urge (7)

21: Senior citizen losing 500 toddlers at sea (7)

23: Modernise rear, in the opinion of escort (5,2,2,4)

24: Died terribly - ate in. CD inscribed in affection (9)

25: Hordes of unions' speakers (5)
Down
1: Washed-up press agent, having dropped client's butt, is not the one in the driver's seat (9)

2: Blunder into tall African mammal, with no infrared (5)

3: Prepares this way, dearies (7)

4: Reliable, timeless jet (5)

5: Nude redhead receiving backward glance is one serving drinks (9)

6: Hero-worshipper dancing reel and jig (7)

7: Hold spellbound in the tenth rally (7)

8: Agree to make Lucifer wicked? (3)

13: Immediately placed in an awkward situation (2,3,4)

15: Shortens break, going back to arouse with comedy bit (9)

17: Drained journo covers polly deadlock (7)

18: Sick love leads soldier to start contemplating irrationality. (7)

19: Auto manufacturer meeting a lieutenant in 'The Ancient Mariner'? (3,4)

21: Nothing, nothing in shape (5)

22: Not here? No, no! (5)

23: Tender command (3)




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