CROSSWORD

Across 1 Not all the number may be burnt (5) 4 Boxed by fashionable drapers? (7)

8 Is obliged to take part in the chase (3) 9 Actor involved in the drama is aiming to please (9)

10 They gather in the countryside (7) 11 Jason’s craft heads north in the atmosphere (5) 13 Commonly do (6) 15 Music in stock (6) 18 Barker put in business rig-out (5) 19 Picture held in fancy (7)

21 Left alone by those who seek advances? (9)

23 Food that may be bolted (3)

24 The boss went without head pupil (7)

25 Try a paper (5) Down 1 Acted as a director and employed her inside (7) 2 A witness who takes no part in the proceedings (9) 3 It’s pure nonsense holding Eastern money (5)

4 A press organisation thinly scattered (6)

5 The first male worker in hard stone (7) 6 Brazilian port or I am wrong (3)

7 Senior member gives a party with foreign money (5)

12 They vary according to inclination (9)

14 In France the one indisputable freedom (7) 16 A sign that visitors aren’t welcome (2,5) 17 Up-to-date humorist has a success (4-2) 18 Associations for drivers? (5) 20 Clergyman in drink is confused (5)

22 Most authors have written about this Greek character (3)