CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Level with rower having limited sleep (2,1,3) 4 Fielding side strives for this kind of effort (3-3) 9 Leave willingly (8)

10 Seen in court, a revolutionary quality that attracts admiration (6) 11 Hiss: ‘Turn over if snoring!’ (4) 12 Instruction to make less noise in bars (10) 13 Obstinate nine starting to waver (12)

16 Premier craftsman? (12) 20 Top farmers cultivated polar ground (10)

21 Cried quietly with rain around (4) 22 Spanish cheer during little brother’s dance (6) 23 For always, nevertheless! (8) 24 Squirrel, perhaps, not red, frisky (6)

25 Man that’s found in

New South Wales (6)

DOWN

1 Order Diana to go to hospital department to be disciplined (8) 2 Humming coming from a telephone call (5) 3 Leave a group of players performing (7) 5 Permit silence to be shattered (7) 6 Band or artist’s carrying case (9) 7 Attempt to limit ruin with it (6) 8 Ringmaster? (8,5) 14 Suggest about

100 correct to hold Queen’s award (9) 15 Padre, with joy, reformed menace (8) 17 Enthusiast having nothing on is a fool (7) 18 Small child with Terence has no right to be unsteady (7) 19 One cannot go straight ahead and make it (6) 21 West Country lady (5)