Across
1 Mammal鈥檚 first to consume flesh (4)
3 After card game, Leslie makes high-pitched noises (8)
9 Singing lady visiting Royal Institution with new astronaut (7)
10 鈥淐riminals!鈥� 鈥� I start to libel oil company (5)
11 Breaking up over thin zone, point of no return? (5,7)
14 22 down cycling in a curved line (3)
16 Relation has allocation reduced (5)
17 Connect time, current and energy (3)
18 Athlete鈥檚 cups smashed in defunct vehicle (5,7)
21 Tesla and one relative travelling west in circular route (5)
22 Pain is sacred, though some rejected probe (7)
23 Reward almost certain to constitute a valuable discovery (8)
24 Spoils neighbour (4)
DOWN
1 Puzzled at German astronomical object (8)
2 May be right to use a hook (5)
4/7 Resistance fighter from Chinese ethnic group on his own (3,4)
5 Heartless snail and mosquito disturbed by sound source at night (12)
6 Safety gear made of dog hair? (3,4)
7 See 4 down
8 After losing son, the oysters cry, sadly 鈥� they are in your blood (12)
12 Sounds like cereal may be some time (5)
13 Green newt winces every now and then 鈥� she gets it from her parents (8)
15 Efficient wire wrapped around sound system (7)
19 Big cat heard in forest (5)
20 Distant cloud obscured by Io or Titan (4)
22 Fish has tail cut off in transport (3)
Answers and the next quick crossword next week.
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Quick Crossword #37
Answers
ACROSS
1 Nymph
4 Logic bomb
9 Walkman
10 Medulla
11 Orange
15 Ice
16 Exxon
18 Radii
20 Nappa
22 Rayon
23 Phi
24 Teletext
26 Unplug
28 Eardrum
30 Anaemia
32 Messenger
33 Torus
DOWN
1 Newtonian
2 Malware
3 Hum
4 Lung
5 Gem
6 Codon
7 Oilseed
8 Bragg
12/13 Greta Thunberg
14 Henry
17 Xerox
18 Renin
19 Isinglass
21 Pylorus
23 Polymer
24 Therm
25 Three
27 Pair
29 Meg
31 Ant
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