Crossword for Fri, 18/Feb/2022

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Across
1: European sage knew a novel novel (9,4)

8: Upset top duo; I went and confessed (5,2,2,2)

10: Anger that is constraining response (3)

11: Thoughtful attention to refuge (7)

12: Contrarily accepted gold slab (5)

13: Privy to accessibility (11)

14: One may be a very long time (3)

15: Aliens set off (3)

16: Intruders bury proles in pieces (11).

18: Tie torn coats (7)

20: Leather factory or solarium? (7)

22: Doctrine for some Kiwis makes sense (3)

23: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)

25: Nick shouts - and theres trouble brewing! (3,5,2,3)

Down
1: Refuse to obey a French hooligan (5)

2: Pious woman in underground hideaway (3)

3: Having red nose, turned back (7)

4: Drive away roofing material before farmhouse becomes a target area (8,5)

5: After starting, speedy trip across (7)

6: Making out and squealing after the top comes off? (5)

7: Suggestions for obvious singles (9)

9: Foresees a three iron, just as Cassandra did. (7, 6)

11: Birds in the wilderness (5)

13: Burning temperature of coupling (9)

14: Each night before a holiday, Ray loses heart (5)

16: Extreme connotations, I hear (7)

17: Poe's meandering bombast is effective (7)

19: Me, in bed with heavenly body? (5)

21: Try abbreviation for South America, we hear (5)

24: Essential part of Cayce's power! (3)





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