Crosswords Set by: Hectence Monday 2 January 2017 19.00 EST Quiptic crossword No 894 Print | Accessible version Set by: Hectence Monday 2 January 2017 19.00 EST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email View more sharing options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Google+ Share on WhatsApp Share on Messenger Close 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Across 9 Seaside entertainer's top banana at every party! (5,4) 10 Join fellows following a team's comeback (5) 11 Humming is about to finally irritate man (7) 12 Exhaust us with one big defeat (4,3) 13 Dvorak composed with outright spirit (5) 14 Chippy has fish come in (9) 16 Insignificant part of the whole Mariana Trench? (1,4,2,3,5) 19 Look at ingredients of face paint? (3,4-2) 21 LP for a pound? Not sure about that! (5) 22 Upset by rejection of offer to contain rust problem (7) 23 Southern ozone's dispersion is dropping off (7) 24 Little room has nothing with which to make music (5) 25 Queen dejected in the shade (5,4) Down 1 Beaver a bit to sort out contract (10) 2 Flowers for old tennis champion accepting downfall (8) 3 Australian woman's quiet about a romance (6) 4 Joke about name of team (4) 5 Florist's son's getting into River Dance (6,4) 6 Journalist's leader's in the style of writer on love — hot stuff! (8) 7 Try to perform forfeit without involving me (6) 8 Brexiteer's content to leave (4) 14 Rent/buy car to get around city (10) 15 Mum has rest disrupted by call from big top manager (10) 17 Take advantage of working to support production at university (4,4) 18 Sleep in the Spanish quarter, after eating first with Doctor Nick (8) 20 See about set-up of ISA with no trouble (6) 21 Moon mission gets ahead with initial orbit (6) 22 Pack ornament (4) 23 Scottish island's engulfed by the "Whisky Experience" (4)
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