CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Show how a devil mis-treats it (11)

7. Story illustrating some deep Arab legend (7)

9. Tacitly condone an eye-drop (4)

11. The thick-skinned may be short of money (5)

12. One who will die, or malt put out for him (6)

14. It made America dry in 1920 (11)

18. Put up with English, under revision (6)

20. He is a soothsayer, or a guru perhaps (5)

22. In the Southeast it provides a place to build (4)

23. I let cat out, it having crossed bars (7)

24. Rings one cut out for a word to pass sentry (11)

DOWN

2. Previously, it could be rare to lie in (7)

3. Get rid of that hut in the garden (4)

4. Turn it into a dance of the 60s (5)

5. Recreation of the kind quietly included (5)

6. The artistry with which no end of thin gruel was made (5)

8. Fraternity might be short, but that’s about right (8)

10. Marked difference seen torn apart among the players (8) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 1. Dimples 5. Press 8. Vinegar 9. Larch 10. Diligence

12. Rim 13. Apart 17. Bag 19. Under fire 21. Oriel

22. Chewing 24. Belly 25. Younger

Down: 1. Divide 2. Mangled 3. Log 4. Siren 5. Polyester

6. Error 7. Scheme 11. Gradually 14. Coining 15. Absorb

16. Merger 18. Grill 20. Decry 23. Emu