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I'm stuck on 4d "All together,magically finally: "Open Sesame!" " and 25a "Going around Cyprus, Dick gets something to eat"

I have all the crossers, and assume 25a is an anagram of Cyprus Dick, but nothing's coming to me for either. Are they both obscure expressions?

Yes, 25a is an anagram of cyprus dick!

4d is also an anagram of a word given in the clue with a letter added.

Thanks Mathi, I can now see 4d - I was being a bit dense - buy 25a is still puzzling me. My Crossers are _ _ R _S / _Y _U _ K. Where am I going wrong?

Re 13D - I was originally put off by 2nd letter as I had a U from the correct spelling of 14A!

@ justsolve

*R*s*y / *u*k is correct
second word is a bird

@Cerasus
Thank you for that - take away is "read the clue!" All then becomes clear.

Yes, it’s a shame 14ac is misspelled. At least the clue makes the required spelling clear

I can guess the solution of 1a from all the crossers but what exactly is the parsing? I suspect I am being a bit dense today!

1ac. “Stamp” is the name of the only person I know with that surname.

“Act boring” is another word for an “act” inserted (boring) into the first part of the clue.

Job’s a good ‘un!