Crossword

CLUES No. 1027

ACROSS:

1. Serial instalment. (7) 5. This organ is considered as the seat of life and emotions, esp love. (5) 8. Derive by reasoning. (5) 9. Discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen; refuse, trash. (7) 10. Highly significant or important, marking the beginning of a new development or era. (7) 11. The boundary of a specific area. (5) 12. Dwell permanently or for a considerable time. (6) 14. Marked by practical hard-headed intelligence. (6) 17. Grinding tooth. (5) 19. Small oil lamp with a coloured glass chimney formerly used as a carriage light. (7) 22. Acting or moving quickly, swiftly. (7) 23. Horse sound. (5) 24. Measurement of pace of movement. (5) 25. Modify and reconstruct the house. (7)

DOWN:

1. The choice or best of anything considered collectively. (5) 2. Rates of movement into a system – as if in a stream. (7) 3. World renowned female TV Personality. (5) 4. Flow over or cover completely. (6) 5. Obstacles that one has to overcome. (7) 6. Device that transmits a warning. (5) 7. Building designed for the performance of plays, operas, etc. (7) 12. Casual or brief expressions of thoughts or opinions. (7) 13. Laughed at in scorn or contempt, mocked. (7) 15. Made several into a single unit. (7) 16. Member of a sports team. (6) 18. Mistake resulting from inattention. (5) 20. Musical note having the time value of half a whole note. (5) 21. Latin nil, nothing. (5)