DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Dress formally when European gets carried over (6)
4 Crazy hat for a reckless
person? (6)
9 Throw out pleas for flower
part (5)
10 Reside in hospital for
a while (7)
11 Radiant good cattle
sound (7)
12 Distribute very much,
as discussed (5)
13 Upset Herbert’s top
relative (11)
18 Hot inside pleasant
corner (5)
20 Pirates all at sea travel
wearily (7)
22 Net deposit that’s
undesired (3,4)
23 Dread losing first letter –
it’s a mistake (5)
24 Unsettle noisy Arab
leader (6)
25 Stayed out, fixed (6)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Tousle (6)
4 Talent spotters (6)
9 Prejudiced person (5)
10 Anarchy (3,4)
11 Genuine, heartfelt (7)
12 Group of trees (5)
13 Fruity, creamy dessert (8,3)
18 Swiftness (5)
20 Degree of excellence (7)
22 Judicial appeal (7)
23 Question harshly (5)
24 Make firm (6)
25 Malfunction (6)
DOWN
1 Standard rank (6)
2 Bond offered drink
after hit (7)
3 Former Russian states almost produce type of curry (5)
5 Two articles on painting,
in essence (2,5)
6 Small party in Mecca
ballroom (5)
7 Tuber needing plant holder
at back of bistro (6)
8 Touches lofty digital
cover (11)
14 Bake in advance minced
pork cut by author (7)
15 Opera I’m composing for
trading centres (7)
16 Losing top of loudspeakers
is irritating (6)
17 Every twelve months, boy’s
ending before time (6)
19 Vessel seen in choppy
ocean (5)
21 Turn away from a green
in Paris (5)
DOWN
1 Strong, vigorous (6)
2 Reddish-purple colour (7)
3 Machine for turning wood
or metal (5)
5 Changing
compartment (7)
6 Assume (power)
wrongfully (5)
7 Become furious (3,3)
8 In a flawed way (11)
14 Former (3-4)
15 Congenital (2-5)
16 Place of Christian
worship (6)
17 Condition of the body (6)
19 Indian instrument (5)
21 Permitted by law (5)