Crossword for Thu, 7/Mar/2024

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Across
1: Measure of heat in the empty room (5)

5: In secrecy, cleverly adapt to new function (7)

8: Call back upstart by the Spanish king of old Portugal (7)

9: First company get rest when they come to a stop. (5)

10: Ordered hoop to conserve mass and energy (5)

11: Country encircling one's country (9)

12: Rip apart and mostly reject old ballplayer (9)

13: DVD possibly missing model of natural filter (5)

14: Discounting all odds, teen assured to succeed (5)

16: In the act an organ is brought forth (9)

20: Attacking garland, certain it was not tied down (2,7)

21: Kind of money for a rare puree (5)

22: Fancy decoration thats cool on the surface? (5)

23: Broken home rid of beneficiarys condition (7)

24: Crazy, angered, mad, (7)

25: Film relay got mixed up (5)
Down
1: Wrestlers grip held. Too bad (7)

2: Sums are written up for scholar (7)

3: Chewed-up gum in tater -- how toothsome (5-8)

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

5: What's left of reckless desire to get closer to you (7)

6: French song composed by German boy in study (7)

7: After the last bit of moonshine y'all be gettin' back inside, see? (7)

9: Varies order in command? That's debatable (13)

14: Misleading credit card rejected in the day before (7)

15: Fighter to join around fourth of April (7)

16: Douglas, initially tough, is knocked out (7)

17: Shelter Dracula's heart - he's representing blood-suckers (7)

18: Quickly assemble dry pail (7)

19: Doctor East, half American, is a wishful thinker (7)




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