Weekend crossword
ACROSS
1 Something for a breather’s needed, so brunch is dished out (8) 5 Confounded secondclass cargo, d’you say? (6) 9 Headgear used in town sloppily, a nondescript article (7) 10 Sweet dishes for what sounds like rest periods? (7) 11 Attacker using a psalmbook, we hear (9) 12 Had food packed in chromium to provide entertainment (5) 13 The noise in the club has listeners weeping copiously (6,2,5) 15 Stagger in, caught by the lash, and call on members to vote (54,4) 19 Former chief monk (5) 20 Rambling tours help to give inner stuffing, etc (9) 22 An ugly sight before? Yes, with nothing in it (7) 23 Hostilities over, dispense harsh treatment (3,4) 24 Nun, teacher, taken round street, eastern (6) 25 Fabric that makes Mr Wogan slim, we hear? (8)
DOWN
1 Archer has to bend hand (6) 2 Friend decked in very large gems (5) 3 Ask opinion of prisoner, awful slut (7) 4 It’s incumbent upon the very small to get with it (2,2,3,6) 6 No copper’s used in illuminated design done in relief (7) 7 Former US lawman, a bustling type at war (5,4) 8 I’d upset a good man with impaired metal state and lack of confidence (8) 10 Something extra to pay, causing stampede after Mass? (7,6) 13 Transport circling right routes shows sturdy quality (9) 14 Those who discontinue giving plugs (8) 16 Nobleman receiving award provides site for a ring, perhaps (34) 17 Lobby, using hevery means! (7) 18 Lattice badly fitted in top section of greenhouse (6) 21 The Engineers take that! (5)