GENERAL CROSSWORD

▶ Across 1. Proof-reading sign of omission (5) 4. Money received (6) 7. Charged particle (3) 8. Uproar, tumult (6)

9. Harm done (6)

10. Marks of disgrace (8)

12. Peak, summit (4)

13. Get through into (6) 15. Communist dictator (6) 16. Body-picture (4)

17. To make lovely (8)

19. Comes into flower (6)

20. Exact likenesses (6) 22. Female (3)

23. Bright, lively (6)

24. Cutting weapon (5) ▶ Down 1. Newspaper report of royal engagements (5,8)

2. Costa (3)

3. Shinbone (5)

4. Hindus (7)

5. Fighting man (9)

6. Space over which force of magnet is felt (8,5)

11. A branched chandelier (9) 14. Ambassador's residence (7)

18. The Ram (5)

21. Fuss, trouble (3)

▶ Yesterday's solution

Across 1. Deluge 4. Scrimp 9. Frown 10. Iceberg 11. Chariot 13. Vote 14. Commonplace 17. Epic 18. Cajoled 21. Tropics 22. Under 24. Pastel 25. Stoops

Down 1. Defect 2. Leo 3. Genii 5. Chervil 6. Identical

7. Page 8. Diatonicism 12. Amorphous 15. Machine

16. Adores 19. Jaunt 20. Stop 23. Duo