CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Corridor (10)

8 Mound made by social insects (3,4) 9 Painful muscle contraction (5)

10 Fencing sword (4) 11 Operator (4)

12 Pair of performers (3) 14 Building for aircraft (6) 15 Attachment fitted to a dart (6)

18 Habitual drunkard (3) 20 Dutch cheese (4) 21 Unlock (4)

23 Large sea (5)

24 Apparent (7) 25 Instrument for measuring angles (10)

DOWN

1 Decorative design (7) 2 Sea-going vessel (4) 3 Finally (2,4)

4 Surround (8)

5 Prize (5)

6 Spoil, do badly (4,1,4,2) 7 Chance (11)

13 Filbert (8)

16 Student’s 12-month break (3,4) 17 Photographic device (6)

19 Belonging to them (5) 22 Slimming plan (4)