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Monday 20 April

set by Philistine #29985

Across

1 Boutique hotel in Provence? (5) 4 Our secret repository tapes got interfered with (8) 8 At first, Harry Potter got embroiled with emotion of greater relevance (4,2,3,5) 10 Sceptic rogue exposed Philistine (8) 11 Smell and look of a shepherd (2,4) 12 Strays see plot unravel, keeping quiet (4,5) 15 Snack shop unwrapped snack (5) 17 Team swears regularly? That’s a shocker! (5) 18 Sue’s verse lacking charm, then? (9) 19 Distant memory about author’s return (6) 21 Perhaps grandma to some extent dances to relax (8) 24 Poor governments giving Socrates a kick, I fancy (14) 25 Marks floral parts (8) 26 Finally grant requests for jobs (5)

Down

1 Undersign leaders of climate legislation in environment terminology (12) 2 Disease can be horrific if ignored by family member (9) 3 Wax lyrical about the previous bunch getting a comeback (5) 4 Conk out drunk, get up and use loo? Not us! (2,2,5) 5 X÷e = 13-19 (4) 6 You or me on vacation, creative and articulate (9) 7 Some fires, in general, burn (5) 9 Those with charts choose to hide book? Stirs trouble (12) 13 Of course their guns misfired (4,5) 14 Desperately, I phone agency in old Lebanon (9) 16 Nations, My Lord, rise in revolution (9) 20 Cruel treatment essentially deliberate (5) 22 Precise demand (5) 23 This erupts frequently in Vietnam (4)
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