CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Meetings that are for talks, and pears (11)

7. Is not employed correctly, and is thought about (7)

9. A cleaner cuppa maybe (4)

11. A dandy who will get louder (5)

12. Traps for various reasons, nothing less (6)

14. I trust it: one can get replacement for it (11)

18. Bible distributor showed how I’d gone wrong (6)

20. Invest one with nude form (5)

22. Move slowly sideways to the brink (4)

23. Before he was George IV his style was seen in architecture (7)

24. If cold, Tyne may include the North with assurance (11)

DOWN

2. Old boy found part of the act blue (7)

3. Soundly repented being so discourteous (4)

4. It is there tail-first, in the clear upper air (5)

5. A sect shows him as being different (5)

6. It is barely earned — even by loafers? (5)

8. The act of dissolving an explanation (8)

10. Is furrowing one’s brow when working with wool (8)

13. In short, it indicates the others (3)

15. It may be first as a service-book (7)

16. Is eager to change and be in harmony (5)

17. Such as emerald for her? (5)

19. When lying hidden, the Alsatian will leave (5)

21. The air swirls around on day that’s parched (4) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 1. Offence 5. Gulch 8. Skipper 9. Nomad

10. Ephemeral 12. Hue 13. Axiom 17. Aid 19. Debenture

21. Cower 22. Enchant 24. Dryad 25. Hothead

Down: 1. Oyster 2. Flighty 3. Nap 4. Error 5. Gentleman

6. Lymph 7. Hidden 11. Meandered 14. Courage 15. Rancid

16. Vetted 18. Dowry 20. Beech 23. Cut