CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1. Mum died? Not really (7) 5ac & 4dn. Checking the fluorescent tubes is not exactly hard labour for the electrician (5,6)

8. See 10

9. Will hinder demonstration of latest ram melanoma detection (7) 10 & 8ac. Yet they are not worn by firewomen (3,5) 11. Remaster Eve Larsen (2-7) 13. Semilunar, Sue went for a fish (6)

14. They are small groups of trees according to the policeman’s statement (6) 17. Reportedly a bit of a ding in the not so shallow part of the pool can be relied upon (9) 19ac & 16dn. What Noah used building craft reportedly (3,6) 21. Bludgeoned, Deb went and lay down (7)

23. Made no melodrama about tooth (5)

24. Kenneth gets a symbol addressed to him (5)

25. We learn sorting and updating of library books (7) Down 1. The profoundness of no arias in hit parades (5)

2. He looks after part of the computer set up (7)

3. Sit Ronnie distractedly for injection (9)

4. See 5 Across 5. Michaelmas daisy found returning to meadow (3) 6. Raise a Greek letter so to speak (5)

7. Karl set maybe but can’t get a word in (7)

12. Athlete carries island symbol (9)

13. The home of Schultz’s “Pigpen” after a flood? (3,4) 15. Frivolous, but gets everyone in the display (7)

16. See 19 Across 18. Courage born out of, (just quietly), good fortune (5) 20. Was she tied up with a reef knot? (5)

22. Returns for a drink in a fortnight (3)