Independent Cryptic #11275

2022-12-01

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Across

1a

Roman consul and commander, champion lacking aspiration (6)

4a

Appeal breaking heart, flipping exciting (6)

9a

Heat magazine's contents, after modifying (10,5)

10a

Bungling copper caught scoundrel with gold (8)

11a

One addressing envelopes in other apparent order (6)

12a

Auditor's rule check (4)

13a

Lead everyone around place to cooperate (4,4)

16a

One who hums reggae saving money, by the way (8)

17a

Raised money when giving a speech (4)

19a

Sacred texts, a set composed after Bible (6)

21a

A kind of dance? Go slowly if necessary (2,1,5)

23a

It's from e.g. Tiber estuary, not Rhode Island (7,8)

24a

River fish's name in part of Africa (6)

25a

Take drugs one's discovered in book (3-3)

Down

1d

Very unpleasant cold food for breakfast, not good (5)

2d

Business trick I rejected as dubious practice (9)

3d

Official law is something completely thoughtless (6)

5d

Drink up, embracing one working in local (8)

6d

However briefly, one may paint Nordic woman (5)

7d

Spooned jam scoffed by roguish individual (9)

8d

Bit of heart from luvvie CBS paid to broadcast (8,5)

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12d

Ground-breaking device unaffected by revolution? (9)

14d

Hypnotic voice, overwhelming bass (9)

15d

Dance of Bedouin, say, in desert (8)

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18d

I see about newspaper Republican Party dreads? (6)

20d

Special forces are surrounding lake for a dip (5)

22d

A couple of queens lay on a banquet perhaps (5)