CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Zoo result, Abe, you cannot get lower than that (8,4) 8. No throat but mouthwatering sweet (4,3)

9. The safety of fifty, I have, Bob (5)

10. Sailors shout, back to front, gets nothing but a shout of joy (5)

11. Ancient Greek queen is in 10 and a capital result (7)

12. See 19

14. Go fast and you will wet your pants in South Dakota (5) 19 & 12ac. Re cyclist cup – it is what you are working on (7,5) 21. Have a bone to pick with the Cincinnati biathlon (5) 23. Study will be back with the star in Cygnus (5)

24. Brie, Ian, could be made on this peninsula (7) 25. Sounding corny, British Labour MP I get in with the pompous government official (7,5)

Down

1. Forever from every direction I heard (6)

2. Motor (selsyn) changed inside when it will harmonise (alt. spelling) (5)

3. Ear could be huge, lol (3,4) 4. The piper’s son is at 0. Throw one of these at him (6)

5. It means 1ac to me (5) 6. About the poetry, it is backwards! (7)

7. Utilising gun is foolish (5) 13. Give one a beating for what the hens do in the nest? (3,4) 15. Tell on Herbert for making cooking ingredients (7) 16. They are in a scale between 0 and 7 (5)

17. Role I have involves being energetic (6)

18. What a whip does to your skin? Plant it! (6)

20. Jeer to get back at ban (5) 22. Nail-biting, giant gets away with the pancakes (5)