CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Spot the student in Robert (4) 6. See 3 Down

8. Let go of hun’s ale … (7) 9. … boasting no ants in the desert (4)

10. At home, Deborah & Edward are under obligation (8)

11. No dry hydrofoils – that would be silly (7)

13. A partly mediaeval vein tap (5)

15. Story that can get strongly moralistic (5)

17. In France to get 24 sheets of paper, just ask (7)

20 & 23ac. Bars rooster feathers on the seats? (8,7)

21. The answer lies in the soil, according to her (4)

23. See 20

24. Ape Roger (4)

25. Hewn out snowshoe was just mediocre (2-2)

Down

2. You need 4 home to win … (4) 3dn & 6ac. … a grave situation to be in (6,4)

4. The shape of eel’s lip maybe (7)

5. Groups of belts (5) 6. Could partly make me jump hob, I advised (6)

7. A quick inspection needed having jumped the fence (4-4) 12. Musical – or air too, perhaps (8)

14. The similarity between any goal wavering (7)

16. It’s probable you will adore Christopher, so to speak (6) 18. Lay out sensually – except. (6)

19. Baulk about capital (5) 22. Dunkirk sometimes rings in the anger (4)