Across
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Swansea, rather stormy sandy area (7,6)
8
PM, less bold, in retreat (4)
9
Opt out with pain, suffering to some extent (2,2,1,5)
10
Playwright grovelled, we’re told (6)
11
With backing of UN, volunteer soldiers in jet (8)
12
Church figure with shady past: he’s seen in brothel (2,7)
14
Yes, in Germany, Wenders – on the fringes – creates film (4)
15
Appreciates accommodation (4)
16
Basically not fine to manipulate fiancé? Not half (2,7)
20
Weak ale? I wobble and worry (3,5)
21
A learner with weapons leads to panics (6)
23
Longed to peel off pinched kind of trousers (10)
24
Primarily: systematise / order / rank / type (4)
25
Coastal, rather stormy: character of the South (8,5)
Down
1
Crossword setters are mostly unfashionable and need replacing (4,3)
2
Some fairy stories about far-off land (5)
3
Country dancing, caroused with seconds to spare (7)
4
Most of notifications: ‘New Kind of Menu, Italian!’ This won’t last long (3,2,1,3,4,2)
5
Upwardly mobile head of Uber takes taxi in South Africa? You can count on it (6)
6
U-boat questionably brave to reverse direction (5-4)
7
Australian gets loose with relatives (7)
13
Aeneas' age? It's uncertain, but the location is somewhere around Greece (6,3)
15
Everyman wearing platforms and flowers (7)
17
Nothing special and, at heart, a bit of a git (2-3-2)
18
A mountainous place, Cuba, a mountainous place (7)
19
Is it a tree? Yes. A shrub? Also yes. Hardy? … not quite (6)
22
Lost part of Great Seal (2,3)