Guardian EastEr prizE crossword No 24,975

Guardian Easter prize crossword No 24,975

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No 25,304 set by Araucaria

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Six of the longer solutions are of a kind and have only partial clues.

Across

1 Galloway's people profess no other partiality (7,2,7)

10 See 7 12 See 23 13 Organs for the crowd (5) 14 Minute, it could be (4,4) 15 Order to put up with

one that's tantalising (5,2,4) 17 Urge not to talk about Guardian film is rather endearing (8) 20 Compound sins about currency causing psychological problem (8) 22 Murderer returning home for essential acid (6) 23,12 Eugenically satisfactory means of haulage (5,5) 25 Scheme about a lost acid, some essential for calm (10) 27 Be more than unconscious with anaesthetic to follow (9) 29 Time half the flowers buttonholed after Easter got changed: take one from currents circulating in Slough (1,9,5,6) 30 Junkie at sea on ship (9) 31 Monsieur leaving his sheep with one lamb dangerously exposed (3,2,1,4) 32,47 Born in opera centre, an American edible pod (4,4) 34 Town of Franco-Russian treaty still standing, possibly? (6)

35 More graceful when leaders of the people retire disgracefully (8)

38 Celebration for one with paternity leave with tortoise from Pacific island? (8)

39 With ruthless generosity? (11)

42 Where to get what you want from 29 -- some Dutch capital among too much French (4,4)

44 Fuss about worship (5) 45 Fire control using a

large amount of current - almost all of it (6) 47 See 32 48 Near neighbour to Hardwick losing some stature with upper-class stories (5,2,3,6)

Down

2,8 Go to restaurant? Your heart may intervene (3,3)

3 First for peregrine falcon as guide for development (7)

4 Dance of the eel, say? (5) 5 Musician unlike the

lark? (7,10) 6 Appeals by workers on

former city page to rebel is an unexpected success (8,8) 7,10across Flowers in the shade (4-4) 8 See 2 9 See 21 10 Being mother to cats and dogs? (7) 11 One that makes home horrible flung out (I wish!) (9,4,4)

16 Monitor covers tough guys keeping good girl on lake (3,5,9)

18 Campaign trail feature: the Scots don't talk and the French don't talk (7-4,6)

19 Censor of iron that no fashion follows (3,2,1,3,3,4)

21,41,9 Belated dispatch note opening (8,4,6)

24 Conductor's job for chap heard to take the floor (8)

26 I'm surprised soldier has dog (5)

28 Herb common to church and serpent (5)

33 Fantastic writer on a train (7)

36 American bird partly caught in a mousetrap (7)

37 Boy eats grass? Exactly (4,2)

40 Half crossing lines to half paradise for one (5)

41 See 21 43,46 Bird and beast age?

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Solution No. 25,303

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