CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS 1 Tableware item (4,6) 8 Egg white (7) 9 Of birth (5) 10 Fingertip covering (4) 11 Leg part (4) 12 Managed (3) 14 Required (6) 15 Shirt part (6) 18 Chart (3) 20 Needlecase (4) 21 Unfeeling (4) 23 Coil or spin (5) 24 Tales (7) 25 Dull and unvaried (10)

DOWN

1 Abate (7) 2 Walk unevenly (4) 3 High-kicking stage dance (6) 4 Disposal of waste material by burial (8) 5 Thespian (5) 6 Generosity (11) 7 Clumsy person (11) 13 Go to live in a different place (8) 16 Difficult to catch (7) 17 Breakfast food (6) 19 Cost (5) 22 Pith helmet (4)