daily double

the hard way

ACROSS 1 Burst from a large meal (4-3) 5 Hastily make and hoist a flag (3,2) 8 It means endless trouble for Peter and Paul (9) 9 Service charge (3) 10 Timber trade (4) 12 Under no obligation to observe the customs? (4-4) 14 Former arrangement to change for the better (6) 15 One hears a rumpus is vexatious (6) 17 Quantity of coal you’d be thankful to have? (8) 18 So this is pickled and does not go to waste (4) 21 Sounds like a shortage of resin (3) 22 Broke nine-volts circuit (9) 24 The poet is depicted in a nude version (5) 25 Pulled out or turned in (7) DOWN 1 Creature given double support (5) 2 Sound alternative to sail (3) 3 Too superior (4) 4 Sign for the thesaurus he’s left (6) 5 Passing through another station (8) 6 Being villainous use no fair play (9) 7 When about fifty this lady is unequalled (7) 11 Promised to go into a union (9) 13 As I infer it’s a variety of cattle (8) 14 Royal symbols from Algeria (7) 16 Cavalryman turns up without thinking about us (6) 19 Old-fashioned but popular with the boys (5) 20 Wild colt gets an embolism (4) 23 Part of the wheat requires sympathetic attention (3)

the easy way

ACROSS 1 A hot condiment (7) 5 Unyielding (5) 8 Show dutiful respect (3,6) 9 High craggy hill (3) 10 Highest point (4) 12 To finish (8) 14 Incentive (6) 15 Incautious (6) 17 Attracting affluent consumers (2-6) 18 Of similar character (4) 21 Item offered in auction (3) 22 Very distant and remote (3,3,3) 24 Specialist part of market (5) 25 To bolt (3,4) DOWN 1 Finish off routed army (3,2) 2 Foxy (3) 3 In excited eagerness (4) 4 Mythical monster (6) 5 Wide-ranging in effect (8) 6 Lacking information (2,3,4) 7 Something counterfeited (7) 11 Done without conscious thought (9) 13 Always (8) 14 Tearfully sentimental (7) 16 Young cow (6) 19 Nimble and quick (5) 20 Of slight consistency (4) 23 To cut grass (3)