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Cryptic crossword #17

Across

1 Greek character bags first in drama school (6)

4 Coppers, for example, wiped out last of species (6)

9 No leader to correct a faulty nuclear device (7)

10 Tip: incorrect to substitute power for work (5)

11 Searches for a little solace amid rejections (5)

12 Examine insult to religious minority (7)

13 Transformed this mansion into an American museum complex (11)

18 Rare astronomical phenomenon: alternating pencils in Pisces (7)

20 Bashed in cooker (5)

22 Final three vanishing of horniest monster? (5)

23 Company tried manufacturing explosive (7)

24 Type of lens to annoy criminal, if reversed (6)

25 A criminal organisation possesses the last atomic single-celled organism (6)

Down

1 Automatic rifle tears into wild cat voice box (6)

2 Signifies wealth (5)

3 Character from Star Trek prepared a wealth of information (7)

5 Diarist heard noises (5)

6 Battered car gets a puncture – it’s infectious! (7)

7 Significant to lose wife when past retirement age (6)

8 I get on top of research that has no one eye-catching quality (11)

14 A large number of fragments of up neutrino I’ll implant (7)

15 Most run straight for medicine (7)

16 Encountered little Richard’s measurement system (6)

17 Swelling contents of embargoed emails (6)

19 Quietly polish handheld device (5)

21 Rusts when ironed? (5)

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