| Clues across |
| 8 | Eccentric character has party on dam (6) |
| 9 | Confused leader in outskirts of Twyford used foot to get things going (8) |
| 10 | Pounce, switching leading characters, to seize the French wealth (8) |
| 11 | Fool goes to church – what a jerk! (6) |
| 12 | Censor item found in box of crayons (4,6) |
| 13 | Russian seen in one vehicle (4) |
| 14 | Hidden away for special customers – beneath the calculator? (5,3,7) |
| 18 | Mineral in metal container (4) |
| 20 | Made up material before revised date (10) |
| 22 | Girl’s glad, mainly, about alternative one (6) |
| 23 | They look at their instruments or a vista for a change (8) |
| 24 | Girl has a record, we hear – not digital (8) |
| 25 | Idiot with alien’s property (6) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | Very quiet priest absorbed by Buddhist cult was a German high-flier (8) |
| 2 | King George the First suppressing London School of Economics? That’s small fry! (6) |
| 3 | Feathers hit first one in the bar (8) |
| 4 | Torturer’s assistant bringing in the rack? Or someone to help carry away the victim? (9-6) |
| 5 | Lament is unsettling, but it’s all in the mind! (6) |
| 6 | And another thing – bit of arithmetic! (8) |
| 7 | French give thanks to a kingdom of old (6) |
| 15 | Run rings round cleric confused after two different directions (8) |
| 16 | North American oil rig could be the first of its kind (8) |
| 17 | Curse box lying under river (8) |
| 19 | Dying, but not initially ill (6) |
| 20 | Projecting rim of open tart, for example, gets turned up (6) |
| 21 | Affirm switch of consonants in 25 (6) |
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