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' Across 7— Excellent selection. (6) 8— Refrain from putting Mr O’Connor first. (6) 10— Observe the performance of a senior pupil. (7) 11— No longer on the board? (5) 12— Flat that’s not odd. (4) 13— Block found in a Roman villa. (5) 17— Taxi in a ship’s compartment. (5) 18— Trim couple, say. (4) 22— Photograph of a device for making spirits. (5) 23— Greed of a girl taking food. (7) 24— Agreement when dispatched. (6) 25— Talks about English rule-breakers. (6) Down 1— Run about like a politician involved in a new scare. (7) 2— It’s indicative of a dog. (7) 3— An attractive word for sharp. (5) 4— to a painter, perhaps. (7) 5— Pricks fragrant flowers. (5) 6— Weight of a rock. (5) 9— Money for the head of the college. (9) 14— A vocation for visiting. (7) 15— A letter from Paris, for example. (7) 16— poetry that’s contrary. (7) 19— Like a man getting Indian tea. (5) 20— Earliest to put a tree on a street. (5) 21— An Avon city’s tourist attractions. (5) (Solution Monday) Thursday’s solution Across: 3, Avalanche; 8, Tope; 9, Alternate; 10, Recede; 11, Medoc; 14 image 1 15, Kale; 16, Run up; 18, Gale; 20, Inner; 21, Every; 24, Pistol’ 25, Took issue; 26, Tops; 27, Versatile.

Down: 1, Starlings; 2, Spectacle: 4, Vole; 5, Liege; 6, Nanook; 7, Huts; 9, Adder; 11, Mandy; 12, Carnation; 13, Heartless; 17, Pixie; 19, Evokes; 22, Resit; 23, Rose; 24, Purl.