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Across

7 Flattened globe ejects core some time after expected (6)

8 Philosopher of science inhaled drug (6)

10 Doctor ate miso crumble (7)

11 One of a pair in cells smuggled in devilish elixir (5)

12 Too late to reveal what a handaxe is (4)

13 Aquatic force evens out false teeth (5)

17 Plankton killer loses energy to swim (5)

18 Completely fill a set with reorganised elements (4)

22 Liquor nutrients provide meat substitute (5)

23 And finally, shorten an irrational number too much (7)

24 Find two sides of a triangle with American calculator (6)

25 Science lost Curie, but has a chance to hear her thoughts? (6)

Down

1 Payment for Queen, say? (7)

2 All hooch, briefly distilled? (7)

3 Identical sounds remained boring (5)

4 Turn a cloche to reveal part of the ear (7)

5 Make a formal request to be relevant (5)

6 In favour of plane representative (5)

9 Plant matter catastrophe? So lull ecologists back to reveal the answer (9)

14 Cerium loses electron, gains an outer shell? (7)

15 Discard random endpoint from data selection tree (7)

16 Heartless members of your generation put pressure on old glassy material (7)

19 Like parallel lines? (5)

20 Concentration of chemicals that forms a tooth (5)

21 Agree kids’ content is idiomatically incomprehensible (5)

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