Guardian cryptic crossword
1 2 3 4 Across 4 Contending success-
5 6 7 5 Favourable pub cook- fully with a course of
ing — tuck in! (6) masonry (6)
8
6 Quickly remove label 5 American expert may
9 10 showing exorbitant be employable (6)
price (3-3) 7 Clerical work done by a
metal worker (6)
9 Counterfeit coin as
8 Clubs, possibly, where
11 12 used by gamblers (6)
naval officers may be
10 Being awkward in an
found (11)
ugly development (8)
14 Travel through East
13 14 15 11 Ground needed for End district with offen-
16 17 play (4) sive weapon (8)
12 Switch on ignition in 15 Always includes ten at
18 19 20 21
service vehicle (4,6) the outside (8)
13 The favourite that’s in 16 Annoyed at being
form (8,3) inconvenienced (3,3)
22 23
18 Unable to work after 17 Girl with fish to sell
leaving the fraternity down the river (6)
(3,2,5) 19 Perversely love to
24 25
21 The point to make next take the Spanish exam
(4) that’s out-of-date (1,5)
22 Forces in conflict, pre- 20 Fume about individual
No 25,515 set by Rufus pared for court action odour of antelope (6)
(8)
Winners of prize puzzle 25,508
23 Slips in evidence of
humanity (6)
24 Quake in the centre —
more or less (6)
25 Science that puts B R I T I S H B U L L DOG
healthy colour in a lad A A A G N E B
J I N X P R O C L I V I T Y
(6) N E W T E I A
EM B R Y O H I S P A N I C
Down A O E S T N
K N O C K D OWN C H A S E
1 Sailors in the drink (8) O H A
2 Wages stopped as the V A G U E C ON S E N S U S
final part of a joke (3-3) T N S L I T
WH A T S T H E G I N G E R
3 Call to get permits? E L A H N A N
They depend on the T I MEMRWO L F K I S S
S S V G O E I
head (8) SMA S H E R G R I D D L E