CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

20/3 ACROSS

1. Sinks a snooker ball and keeps the change (7)

5. An account one will agree with (5)

8. How to wash and rule it out (7)

9. A cherub found among the changelings (5)

10. Afrikaans might catch dupe out (4,5)

12. So faced the duplicitous (3)

13. A growing thing may be made into a brush (5)

17. Measure of resistance was nothing when one left him (3)

19. Counsel’s fee, of course, is subsequent to training (9)

21. Leaf through the pages with little Tom (5)

22. Lowest point reached when I’m in trouble with mother (7)

24. A useful tip if one wants to get out of the way (5)

25. Rid tree of it if no longer working (7)

DOWN

1. Take one out and insure honesty is the best (6)

2. In cruel reshuffle, politician may collapse (7)

3. How old age used seldom to be revealed (3)

4. Traps put out for mackerel catcher (5)

5. Can be instructed by every single one in the list (9)

6. Is short on payment, but it’s not serious (5)

7. A bit of egg for the faint-hearted (6)

11. Sale bride organised, as may be wished (9)

14. He plots with me, and she gets the credit (7)

15. Was sent to do step a different way (6)

16. Was falsely charged, as painting may be (6)

18. Will a sovereign bank the orb? (5)

20. Drum effortlessly overturned, showing the bone (5)

23. Half what stings one can get from the sea (3)