Crossword No 6627

Across 1. A devout leader insists they're cruel (7) 5. It facilitates the movement of arms (5) 8. Possibly stayed for Sunday (3,2,4) 9. I am in the way, so removed (3) 10. Old name for a country in Asia Minor (4) 12. Sticking together, he said no changes are needed (8) 14. Recover one's possession? (6) 15. Leave high and dry on the beach (6) 17. Use hands to make some protection from heat (8) 18. Where officers eat pickle (4) 21. Runner in a vigorous kind of winter sport (3) 22. Cheer Walt for making a revolutionary exercise in gymnastics (9) 24. Sarcastic note (5) 25. After work rushed in so as to see the entertainer (7)

Down 1. Joins with the edges (5) 2. No liquor served, but wine may be (3) 3. Consequently feet become tender (4) 4. Stayed unusually balanced (6) 5. Plea for a two-point pact? (8) 6. A revolutionary fortification (9) 7. We dined, perhaps, and swelled out! (7) 11. Foreign money in a foreign land (9) 13. Drink to celebrate retirement? (8) 14. Opposes the Ugly Sisters (7) 16. Thinks a great deal of modern day raw materials (6) 19. Ovals? Possibly rounds (5) 20. Hands up for those wanting a change (4) 23. Initially when to expect a letter from Greece (3)

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