daily double

the easy way

ACROSS 1 Cautious (7) 5 Speak in slow lazy way (5) 8 That is the truth (2,7) 9 To permit (3) 10 Presently (4) 12 Ornamental glass bottle for wine (8) 14 Mitigate (6) 15 Noteworthy (6) 17 Violent disruption (8) 18 To spring (4) 21 Enthusiastic supporter (3) 22 Embarrassed (3,2,4) 24 Antagonist (5) 25 Mundane (7)

DOWN 1 A kind with common attributes (5) 2 Put a question to (3) 3 Dandy (4) 4 Twaddle (6) 5 Assertively opinionated (8) 6 Together simultaneously (3,2,4) 7 Word-for-word (7) 11 Slight possibility (3,6) 13 Dogged persistence (8) 14 A confused fight (7) 16 Young, inexperienced (6) 19 Religious devotion (5) 20 Commotion (4) 23 Say further (3)

the hard way

ACROSS 1 Decline to describe a Manx cat (4,3) 5 Remains while a woman goes inside (5) 8 Discover blunder and make complaint (4,5) 9 Bird shows mother love at heart (3) 10 As a result going on foot is easy (4) 12 Lively cartoon films are (8) 14 Follow Rex in to make certain (6) 15 Garden flower periodical (6) 17 A photographer’s hypothermia (8) 18 Animal in poor health (4) 21 Initially any short-witted simpleton (3) 22 Not knowing - how to mend a fuse? (2,3,4) 24 He met some other form of subject (5) 25 To renew the rental agreement seems to be free (7)

DOWN 1 It’s all about very audible disputes (5) 2 It’s kept by a host of drinkers (3) 3 Louts break up the sofa (4) 4 Left UN distressed but speaking freely (6) 5 One metal fused into many (8) 6 Pointed remark about the place we live in? (4,5) 7 Play school syllabus is a disgrace (7) 11 Used by those who wish to stick to seafood? (9) 13 Pier gets shaken - still standing (8) 14 The Spanish agent has turned out to be smart (7) 16 It can make bits smaller or larger we hear (6) 19 Low joint where members meet (5) 20 Went over the hill (4) 23 A US state official in office in Turkey (3)