CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

7 Fruit drinks very quietly brought in (6)

8 Row led endlessly to embitter (6)

10 A cause of illfeeling again? (7)

11 The result of a summer’s work? (5)

12 You may meet him if returning to the North more than once (4)

13 Little things to put in a manuscript (5)

17 Club that has lofty aims (5)

18 It’s bent on submission (4)

22 Travels afield like hungry sheep? (5)

23 Necessarily involves a silent reformation (7)

24 Light vessel gets led astray (6)

25 Disregard some sign or emblem (6)

DOWN

1 Put two and two together! (4,3) 2 Noel put out? That’s rich! (7) 3 Looks for signs that the chicks have hatched (5) 4 Father’s over age but game (7) 5 Wrongly takes fish (5)

6 Gives a hand with transactions (5) 9 Made to retire at an early age?

(4,2,3)

14 Messenger provides a job over the French (7)

15 Hot dog? (7)

16 A complaint soon spotted? (7)

19 Doubly strengthen (5)

20 Indistinct sign of illness (5)

21 People may act on it (5)