CROSSWORD

Across

1 Weeping (5)

4 Boredom (5)

8 Butterfly trap (3)

9 Pretend (4-7)

10 Throw out (7)

12 High nest (5)

13 Metal workshop (6) 14 Make mad (6)

17 Crosspatch (5)

19 Acrid (7)

21 Medium-dry sherry (11)

23 Aficionado (3)

24 Add up (5)

25 Exclusive story (5) Down

1 Faint-hearted (5)

2 Rescue boat (3)

3 Uncouth (7)

4 Join up (6)

5 Female relative (5)

6 Drunkard (9)

7 Sportsman (7)

11 Booster (9)

13 Have meaning (7)

15 Perplex (7)

16 Lack of interest (6) 18 Walk menacingly (5) 20 Group of soldiers (5) 22 Fuss (3)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION:

Across: 1 Rue, 3 Dim, 5 Hence (Rudiments), 8 Mound, 9 Squelch, 10 Toll, 11 Pageants,

13 Flower, 14 Carves, 17 Anglesey, 19 Laze, 22 Niblick, 23 Sauna, 24 Lunch, 25 Nay, 26 Tot.

Down: 1 Remit, 2 Equal to, 3 Dodo, 4 Mishap, 5 Houseman, 6 Nylon, 7 Ephesus, 12 Jeremiah, 13 Flannel, 15 Viaduct, 16 Weaken, 18 Gabon, 20 Exact, 21 I-spy.