TAKE A BREAK

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Worldly hold-up man

eventually scratching back (5) 4 Swell: everyone included

in blessing (7)

8 Red opal set for elegant

creature (7)

9 When son, before noon,

requires tea (5)

10 In B&B need the whole bar (9) 11 Relative in this island (3) 12 Pal had destroyed shrine

icon (6)

14 Small son retains very

French accent (6) 17 Learner needing two wheels

for convenience? (3) 19 Clear vegetation, not very

tangled (9)

22 Serve Republican British

bitter (5)

23 New on street, work

continuously (3-4) 24 Demonstrating control?

(4,3)

25 Gaudy description of

nails? (5)

DOWN

1 Lad altered one book that's

improvised (2-3)

2 Do alter tight garment (7) 3 Beginning to shake cough

in humble dwelling (5) 4 EP band released is sort of

potty (6)

5 Tract of grassland left

untidy (7)

6 Old fool drinking one in

watering hole (5) 7 Retribution seems in order (7) 12 Be left secure in Ulster city (7) 13 Give and take Vuitton

product? (7)

15 Bouncy castle melting

around one (7)

16 Spies in a public

convenience (6)

18 Penny appears in old-time

musical work (5) 20 Principle initially

established in marquee (5) 21 My pet might be hungry (5)

COFFEE TIME ACROSS

1 Map collection (5) 4 Increase rapidly (7) 8 Spotted feline (7) 9 Indian state (5) 10 Exclude (9)

11 Female sibling (3) 12 Religion founder (6) 14 Strain or tension (6) 17 WC (3)

19 Haggle (9)

22 Sharp or biting (5) 23 Incessant (3-4) 24 Riot-quelling measure

(4,3)

25 Tasteless (5)

DOWN

1 Spontaneous (2-3) 2 Stretchy costume (7) 3 Favela home (5) 4 Hospital receptacle (6) 5 Pamphlet (7)

6 Desert haven (5) 7 Formidable foe (7) 12 Northern Irish capital (7) 13 Fashion accessory (7) 15 Flexible (7)

16 MI5 workers, e.g. (6) 18 Sung drama (5) 20 Belief (5)

21 Vacant (5)