CROSSWORD

Across

1 Country prohibition inter alia (7)

5 It may be cut and pickled (5)

8 Raise cost somehow, or get cut off (9)

9 I’m quiet, but he probably won’t be! (3) 10 Shocking swimmers (4)

12 Useful people showing diplomacy in studies (8)

14 A girl in the bar getting drunk (6) 15 They’re drawn out in G sharp, perhaps (6) 17 It holds and is held in a strange trance (8) 18 Turn pale, possibly being guilty (4) 21 Little swimmer that can also do the crawl? (3)

22 Small staff that may work wonders (5,4) 24 Not smiling back (5) 25 Answer some correspondence (7)

Down

1 Pole writes a poem (5) 2 The label is upside-down – it often is! (3)

3 Cattle without water (4)

4 A lion’s new name for a female (6) 5 Those who crib in exams upset teachers (8)

6 Chief source of interest (9)

7 Meals for father in breaks from work (7) 11 It is held to improve the eyesight (9) 13 They may well be employed in checking (8)

14 They are not making any advances, except in business (7)

16 A trading record? (6) 19 Helped to put a new idea to a number (5) 20 Does religious work (4) 23 A note that spells trouble (3)