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Across 7— Nothing to manipulate in the beginning. (6) 8— Fat goat. (6) 10— Placed in different side for the contest (7) 11— Part of a suit used for gardening. (5) 12— See 25 Across. 13 — See 6 Down. 17—Strips skin from soft fish. (5) 18 and 14 Dn.—Service get-together? (4-7) 22— On the watch for a warning of danger. (5) 23— Rule can be changed by this kind of energy. (7) 24— Providing publicity for first-class piece of jewellery. (6) 25 and 12 Ac.—Estate levy payable as the result of an earthquake? (6-4) Down 1— Where you’ll find the frontiersmen as lodgers, one hears. (7) 2— Disagreement when the first of the directors is told to go. (7) 3— Unfinished card game produces irritation. (5) 4— In a reorganised squad he is completely subdued. (7) 5— Fractions written the wrong way — you’ll get the tawse! (5) 6 and 13 Ac.—They contain documents for short lawsuits. (5-5) 9— Producing memoirs about a vocation. (9) 14— See 18 Across. 15— Anxiety over ’flu disorder — taking no risks. (7) 16— A step in describing the rider’s position. (7) 19— Prohibition on nearly everything is trivial. (5) 20— Detected the sound of high explosive on a road. (5) 21— A grain seed. (5) (Solution on Monday) Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Crane; 4, Bellows; 8, Natural; 9, State; 10, Cork; 11, Hovering; 13, Acre; 14, Wise; 16, Skindeep; 17, Self; 20, Extra; 21, Indiana; 22, Screens; 23, Mated. Down: 1, Consciousness; 2, Alter; 3, Ebro; 4, Ballot; 5, Listen in; 6, Opaline; 7, Sleight-of-hand; 12, Graduate; 13, Aviator; 15, Remiss; 18, Exact; 19, Adam.