CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. It may be put down as a sort of topside (7)

5. A storehouse where dope is handed out on time (5)

8. It is plain I’d been entered in the three-day competition (7)

9. Board that has its sheet of glass on the left (5)

10. It might be nice of Ted to turn in the act of deserting (9)

12. Two players seen backing out of a boudoir (3)

13. It is a sort of brass cheek (5)

17. Play truant in Scotland, or go to sleep (3)

19. Being passed by van OK, tree gets shattered (9)

21. Grub may be produced in spectacular variety (5)

22. Coming from the motorway, is class to make it misshapen? (7)

24. As yet it’s to be worked out how it will leaven (5)

25. Is using diplomacy to cut non-u fault out (7)

DOWN

1. Is very fearful the vipers have turned to it (6)

2. How it hurts to be up with final shake-out (7)

3. Haggard work a woman made of it (3)

4. Sound of disapproval it raised with everyone playing (5)

5. Hanger-on could end deep in trouble with the National Trust (9)

6. Quietly one changed end as one wasted away (5)

7. In flax, everything was used for making candles (6)

11. Sort of letter son can not compose (9)

14. One’s share of the loot is for fake distribution (4-3)

15. Silky it may be, about a litre of thin porridge (6)

16. Creature that was farmed by George Orwell (6)

18. Father went around Noah’s craft in such a garment (5)

20. Seem methodically to include an ant (5)

23. Selenium, with carbon, used to make a wine dry (3)