GENERAL CROSSWORD

▶ Across

1. Confectionery (6)

4. Shrewd, perceptive (6)

9. Broadly, slowly (music) (5)

10. Altered, improved (7)

11. Washington parliamentary building (7)

13. A short-long metrical foot (4)

14. Nomenclature (11)

17. Trim, tidy (4)

18. Agrees, assents to (7)

21. Chanted (7)

22. Greek long o (5)

24. Ship's officer (6)

25. Extra item, musical repeat (6)

▶ Down

1. Comfort in distress (6)

2. Lug (3)

3. Brown or rainbow fish (5)

5. Particular, exceptional (7)

6. Unharmed (9)

7. Puts a stop to (4)

8. Getting slower (music) (11)

12. TV show introducer (9)

15. Daytime performance (7)

16. All a person's property (6)

19. Former five shilling coin (5)

20. Hobble (4)

23. The I, self (3)

▶ Friday's solution

Across 1. Chop 4. Moguls 8. Nemesis 9. Index 10. Sore 11. Acid test 13. Coral reef 17. Infusion 19. Crew 21. Maori 22. Earring 23. Gaiety 24. Lies Down 2. Homeric 3. Post 4. Musical comedy 5. Griddled 6. Ladle 7. Exits 8. Nose 12. Prestige 14. Fertile 15. Films 16. Swig 18. Flora 20. Oral