CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Becomes ill, which is neck’s misplacement (7)

5. Make false notes in the smithy (5)

8. Half dilate on an Austen novel, being in a quandary (7)

9. Dean was upset about the king having no clothes (5)

10. Often, in CD, it’s needed for showing self-assurance (9)

12. Do wrong letter for the Hebrew alphabet (3)

13. One drunk on tea, thrice wrong? That’s not right! (5)

17. A rustic surface to cook on (3)

19. One’s disgust at ruin love’s brought about (9)

21. Before end of ensemble, solo version is relaxed (5)

22. Household refuse initially binned in the part meant for car (7)

24. Try to persuade team to drop a personal trainer (5)

25. Resistance wire of fire, say, to the ancients (7)

DOWN

1. Will lead one astray if deuce’s upset (6)

2. Officer Noel could have left short (7)

3. Some anthelmintics used treating Dutch disease? (3)

4. What one puts on that takes sorting out (5)

5. Excessively enthusiastic about a final act perhaps (9)

6. Does some gardening with the dissolute people (5)

7. The conclusion is that repairing it hasn’t been started (6)

11. One’s burial in the mine Trent brought about (9)

14. A ranker who is likely to keep himself to himself (7)

15. Romany fellow, and French dwelling in Switzerland (6)

16. How to besiege the City or put money into it (6)

18. Leopold would blossom, according to Joyce (5)

20. It’s the fashion to decapitate a rascal after five (5)

23. Wish it hadn’t happened to stand for repentance (3)