Daily crossword
QUICK CLUES Across 7 Choice (6)
8 Contention (6)
10 Enterprise (7)
11 Knave (5)
12 Stagger (4)
13 Because (5)
17 Inflexible (5)
18 Dumb (4)
22 Begin (5)
23 Miser (7)
24 Go (6)
25 Hold back (6) Down 1 Transform (7)
2 Dwarfed (7)
3 Sham (5)
4 Allure (7)
5 Scorch (5)
6 Drive off (5)
9 Lacking (9)
14 Fastened object
(7)
15 Deserter (7)
16 Title (7)
19 Apart (5)
20 Glad (5)
21 Concur (5)
CRYPTIC CLUES Across 7 Computer Mark 1? (6) 8 They perform together as a body of soldiers, we hear (6)
10 It's lightly mantled (3-4)
11 & 25Ac Half a mo'! (5,6) 12 Archer gets sore back (4)
13 Use discrimination in cutting fruit (5)
17 Denude a thin piece (5) 18 See 3 Down
22 Make merry with a lively dance round the capital of Victoria (5)
23 Disturbed sleep I have (7)
24 Equivalent status for one in a political faction (6)
25 See 11 Across Down 1 They are transported by Masefield's poem (7)
2 It's meant to be played by bachelors with very little delay (7)
3 & 18Ac Sweetbread? (5-4) 4 Gift dispatched in advance? (7)
5 To be intimidating you need a bit of beef (5) 6 Comfortable place for the start of a new life, we hear (5)
9 They provide incentives for horsemen (9)
14 One showing agility in twisting the tale (7)
15 One who helps the teacher to test for radioactivity (7) 16 Commits a foul - send off, maybe (7)
19 Edible rubbish (5)
20 Voter upset - it's not secret (5)
21 The least error will reveal a bloomer (5)