CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Accused’s defence (5) 7 Brown sugar (8) 8 Draw off liquid from (5) 10 As an estimate (4,2,4) 12 Boring and irritating (8) 14 Fifty per cent (4) 16 Government tax (4) 17 Evident (8) 20 Hanging basket plant (10) 23 Artist’s stand (5) 24 Fish tank (8) 25 Foe (5)

DOWN

1 Kidnap (6) 2 Upper lip of a cup (4) 3 This place (4) 4 Eerie (5) 5 Unconcealed or shameless (4-5) 6 Compact group of mountains (6) 9 Hangman’s halter (5) 11 Strangely distorted (9) 13 Cleaning item (3) 15 Worth (5) 16 Of the teeth (6) 18 Hat type (6) 19 Make haste (5) 21 Therefore (4) 22 Principal (4)