PORTRAIT: Jennifer Down
THE CRYPTIC: Mungo MacCallum
ACROSS 1. Ethnicity beast – may be an Arab! (9)
6. Takes steps to gentle winners (5)
9. D Day! Suddenly it’s summer! (5,2,8)
10. More oriental holiday (6)
11. Old joke about box fanatic (8) 13. Harry follows genealogy – he’s
on the trail! (10)
14. No English on the rostrum –
men only! (4)
16. Thanks and laugh – it’s a Philippine snack (4)
17. Interpret main memoir for the obituary notice (2,8)
19. Complete over spin, English
made members (8)
20. Gentle increase in wages… (6) 23. … pounds Cairo! (8,7)
24. Race back to the open seas (5) 25. User rates hidden valuables (9) DOWN 1. A gun sack (5)
2. 7 to cheekily pinch others’ prey (11,4)
3. HH, impulsive types (8) 4. Widespread fire out of control (4)
5. Add impartial (4-6).
6. Soft rental, if you don’t mind (6)
7. Closet cleric on the front bench (7,8)
8. Layers with a jewel – it’s a plan (9)
12. Nullify salesgirl’s deed (10)
13. R, an unhappy conclusion (6,3) 15. Badly maintained, crop rust
turns putrid (8)
18. Heads around big dishes (6) 21. Bob or Havelock? (5)
22. Current governor-general
a pain (4)