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Across | 1 | | Stiff flour pudding, usually
steamed or boiled, containing such
as currants, raisins, citron (4-4) |
| 5 | | Brood of newly hatched birds,
especially chickens (6) |
| 9 | | Mature, creamy cheese, developed
in the 1990s as a cross between
Cheddar and Cheshire (8) |
| 10 | | Northern Ireland county on the
north and east shore of Lough Neagh (6) |
| 11 | | Wind instrument consisting of a
wooden or metal tube with holes
stopped by the fingertips or keys (5) |
| 12 | | Largest city in Alaska (9) |
| 14 | | Canadian-born actor who played Dr
Leonard Gillespie in the TV series
Dr Kildare (7,6) |
| 17 | | Elton John's first no.1 single in the US (9,4) |
| 20 | | Village in Hampshire regarded as
the cradle of modern cricket (9) |
| 21 | | Plausible patter, especially used
by salespeople (5) |
| 22 | | Surname of the Spanish footballer
who moved from Liverpool to Real
Madrid in 2009 (6) |
| 23 | | In Mediterranean cuisine, squid (8) |
| 24 | | Moon of Saturn discovered in 1684 (6) |
| 25 | | Legal term which describes the
increase in the area of land due
to sediment deposited by a river (8) |
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Down | 1 | | Any of the nonpasserine,
insectivorous climbing birds
usually having strong bills for
boring wood (8) |
| 2 | | Country whose name, derived from
the Guarani language, means 'river where the painted birds live' (7) |
| 3 | | Surname of the poet appointed Dean
of St Paul's Cathedral in 1621 (5) |
| 4 | | In Cockney rhyming slang, 'road' (4,3,4) |
| 6 | | Salt-water crustacean similar to
the lobster but rather smaller and
with no claws (9) |
| 7 | | In mathematics, using three as the
base of a number system (7) |
| 8 | | Surname of the fictional detective
created by author Micky Spillane
in the book I, the Jury (6) |
| 13 | | Powerful request for action or an
irresistible mandate (7,4) |
| 15 | | Reconstructive surgery of the
auricle of the external ear (9) |
| 16 | | Type of roof, usually sloping, not
attached to another roof surface (8) |
| 17 | | Mixture of rotten organic
substances used to enrich soil and
nourish plants (7) |
| 18 | | Art of folding paper into
decorative shapes and figures (7) |
| 19 | | Seat for a rower that lies across
a boat (6) |
| 21 | | In US military slang, chaos (5) |
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