Chambers Mar '10
by Peebles

(all words / phrases are contained in The Chambers Dictionary and our online Crossword Solver)

Across

7An international body has just to be biased (6)
8Fit, but is sloshed with ale (8)
9/22How shy newsreader involved with 80% of theft reveals all the reasons (3,4,3,10)
10Page, very senior, rejected invitation request (4)
11See 21
12Take account of what you have if you think "Grizzly"? (4,2,4)
13Blubber producer smashes car by and by (7)
15Dicky gets applause: cool! (7)
18Left after soufflé I cooked with sulphur gas? (6,4)
20See 21
21/11/20Annals Ely dug out long ago (4,4,4)
22See 9
24Stirrings of solar sort round the country (8)
25Ray's alternative grass: same old stuff, hardly changed (6)

Down

1Only vaguely present, as a jet- setter often is (2,3,3)
2Spike with returning soldier insect (6)
3See 23
4Day shown by moving sundial if superior (10)
5Grumpy expression of irritation from Tom and Dick's companion almost, er, at the pub (8)
6Untidy sort of passion between Poles (6)
8Mark 1 blue-top Beetle (6)
12Packaging produced by US "boy" with puffed up Norm (6,4)
14Bud: aim is to shift fungal spore- bearing fructification (8)
16Absence of taste, say, about new baloney (8)
17Force of habit to eat last of tiramisu (6)
19An artist's work is a skilful movement without leading man! (6)
20Comfort also rising in the woman (6)
23/3Tea time at last: rarely moved to consume gallons! (4,4)


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