Crossword by Boffles

No.341

Across

1 Gloomy spy doubles as universal happy face (6)

4 A Kim who did not play straight (6)

9 Mythical horseman (7)

10 Approves what a bomb does (5)

11 Bird seen when rue loses right (5)

12 Hence an alternative of improve (7)

13 Illegal trade has stigma and French connection (5,6)

18 Becomes an oubliette if they forget about you (7)

20 Answer may come to you in such a short burst of light (5)

22 1ac is a classic one (5)

23 Ices that give a bit of stick (7)

24 Way out used in the great 25ac (6)

25 Sort of 5dn used to leave troubled sub (6)

Down

1 Sort of agent 1 and 4ac were (6)

2 Bullseye? No but on target (5)

3 Flexible as time and demand are said to be (7)

5 Comes before match and dispatch, they say (5)

6 What agents need to kill (7)

7 Agreeable folk with nothing negative to say (3,3)

8 Tale of derring-do with Turkish element needs enlargement? (11)

14 Presidential car used as his office by TV lawyer (7)

15 Singapore founder offers contest prizes (7)

16 Remark on abbreviated promotional notice (6)

17 Pure but sounds as if pursued (6)

19 What Napoleon and Trotsky ended up in (5)

21 Still not needed to visit the EU (1,4)

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