| Clues across |
| 8 | Lady reveals “No truthfulness in city”? Just the opposite! (4) |
| 9 | Bulls, if sly, could behave in this contented manner (10) |
| 10 | & 20 There’s more to come – that buxom diva has to do her stuff before the final curtain (2,4,4,5,3,3,4,5) |
| 11 | Artist held back in hut, jointly owned (6) |
| 13 | For the record, test case failed (8) |
| 15 | Confused maid in the centre (4) |
| 16 | Cod is cooked for club (5) |
| 17 | Creep forward a small distance (4) |
| 18 | Wake-up call produces evil leer (8) |
| 19 | Grills lobster, perhaps, getting rid of note when I enter (6) |
| 20 | See 10 |
| 24 | Neil can do a transformation (he’s a Northerner) (10) |
| 25 | Zero affection (4) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | It’s appropriate to get together (4) |
| 2 | Manipulated string, manipulated sacred talc (4,6) |
| 3 | Sailor got date mixed up and eased off (6) |
| 4 | Kevin didn’t finish rebuilding city (4) |
| 5 | Bridge opponents and newspapermen love coffee (8) |
| 6 | Set fire to Scottish stream (4) |
| 7 | Oval cell pail? It got damaged! (10) |
| 12 | Business end of tool for shark (10) |
| 13 | Actors, we’re told, are a particular social class (5) |
| 14 | Disraeli to upset these leaders? (10) |
| 16 | Wicked lie noted – erasure needed (8) |
| 19 | Purchasing new nib, Guy? (6) |
| 21 | Worry about ridge on guitar finger-board (4) |
| 22 | Huge land mass depicted in a Siamese temple (4) |
| 23 | Age five, differently presented (4) |
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