cryptic crossword

ACROSS

7 Horse’s insect problem

making a comeback (7)

8 Sort of vehicle difficult to

pass initially (7)

10 Live close to region

developed with hub (9)

11 Called boy attending bride

perhaps starting to doubt (5)

12 Women enveloped by strain

may be able to move fast (5)

13 Spring pudding as butt of

joke? (5,4)

15 Boxer during break must be a

practical type (7)

17 Cuts speech oddly in pieces

(7)

18 Sign accepting he’s an

authority on words (9)

20 Children may be a bone of

contention (5)

21 Stung by soldiers finding

range (5)

23 Area of company making

sweeper cover busy road (9)

24 Not working after notice, and

stop claiming benefit (4,3)

25 Relation with a right to be

less than explicit (7)

DOWN

1 Take in a smile as it develops

(10)

2 Container needed by group

outside a church? (6)

3 Unenlightened Italian bloke

losing head with worker (8)

4 Flatmate may be more alert,

ignoring parking (6)

5 Struggles, seeing Greek tech

company succeeded (8)

6 Animal’s temperature in

helium perhaps going up (4)

7 Car stops outside north of

Rugby for service given (13)

9 Pressure confuses crew on Queen Elizabeth and another vessel (6,7)

14 Provoked editor after

incident (10)

16 Independent people welcoming clubs’ lack of movement (8)

17 Try very hard except being occupied by 6 and university (4,1,3)

19 Slight case of reserve in front

of enthusiast (6)

20 Charge defined by Latin

dictionaries (6)

22 Sacks reserves (4)