CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Highly vocal females cause trouble in a prison (7)

Sort of lying to incur dismissal from the Kennel Club? (5)

8 Sees lambs going round in flocks together (9) 9 Some areas short of a means of transport (3) 10 Final issue of two notes (4)

12 Person or instrument making notes (8) 14 Group that is to make an attack (6)

15 Adopt a new attitude in sleep (6)

17 Claim support (8)

18 One is distracted by northern light (4) 21 Regret expressed in the French way (3) 22 Proposes someone to reform Minnesota (9) 24 Spring edition? (5)

25 It may carry out a service on a summer

afternoon (3,4)

DOWN

1 It’s worn in one’s car for warmth (5)

2 A dance step that’s not French (3)

3 Short of ammunition (4)

4 Filled perhaps, or not filled! (3-3)

5 Minded being arranged (8)

6 Imposing design or a disaster (9)

7 See you mention it! (7)

11 Takes a meal among sailors, though it

causes delay (9)

13 Far be it from Stan to get into a gambling game (8) 14 A double rum is put out for a Japanese

warrior (7)

16 Lot of Arabs (6)

19 Inquisitive? Yes and no, perhaps (5)

20 A man naturally embraces her (4)

23 It may be found on the way from Costa Rica (3) 5

DOWN

1 Mischievous joke (5) 2 Unjustly deprive (3)

3 A culinary herb (4) 4 Condemned (6)

5 US state and river (8) 6 Profitable (9)

7 Concern (7)

11 Bearing foliage constantly (9) 13 Brass wind instrument (8) 14 Eager to know (7) 16 Purpose (6)

19 Absolute (5)

20 Business company (4) 23 Nothing (3)