CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1. Diary of soldier gets a place in gallery that is openly aired (6) 5. 2ft long fruit!? (6)

9. Giant gets 100 make believing (6)

10. Correct and sounds like support for it (6)

11. Found a trail in the narrow opening (4)

12. Medicine ball will land away from the nutter (8)

14. Carve a deep furrow (6) 16. Collars that overlap elsewhere in the jacket (6) 19. Grounded as expected to suffer a loss (8)

21. Return gold to yours truly and do what they do there (4) 22. Earnings staff get in is just satirical (6)

23. Mother has row with Mechlin lace (6)

24. Makes it neat looking by putting ID in the cravats (6) 25. Swerves to avoid the net curtains (6)

Down

2. Changing cars, Lou, is all about the mouth (7)

3. See the German leader lend an ear and break out in a sweat (7)

4. Una sighed and was distressed (9)

6. Concur with the return of sheer garments (5)

7. The sea coming in with energy? Must be due to this compound (7)

8. Labourers needed if out of fireworks (7)

13. Soccer, rugby and the Monte Carlo dance for example (4,5)

14. Announce with flare, “Donald and the Alien!” (7)

15. Rued end but it lasted (7) 17. Dad gets a part with direction from the one released conditionally (7)

18. The airman with the beginner composed of several scales (7)

20. Weather feature seen on mountain tops (5)