CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

7 Escape without a place to take off (6)

8 Is his job one long grind? (6)

10 It is controlled by a safety-pin (7)

11 Company must shortly present Milton's classic (5)

12 Raised structure in pilastered aisle (4) 13 Almost cover up the loose debris (5)

17 & 19Dn Dashes around quickly for meals (10) 18 A mount for the civic dignitary, we hear (4) 22 Like a typical Scots name for a man from the East (5)

23 Ring a long time for payment by the way (7) 24 Natural gift for making money (6)

25 Take notice, as escorts do (6)

Down

1 Being senile in effort is a sad turn of events (7) 2 Descriptive of unusually nice gal! (7)

3 Far from happy about the French dish (5)

4 The one who makes the cast for the water vessel (7)

5 Buddhist priest about fifty - one that comes from Peru (5) 6 An infatuation for fruit juice (5)

9 They trade in French sea songs (9)

14 Evening work (7)

15 Legal compensation when mother goes grey? (7)

16 Fed up with conclusions - puts up some resistance (7)

19 See 17 Across

20 What soldiers use to do some pilfering (5) 21 Criticise a piece of roofing material (5)