CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Assists in a crime (5) 7 Plimsoll (8) 8 Wading bird (5) 10 Very precise about details (10) 12 Virtually or practically (2,4,2) 14 Inner planet (4) 16 Uncommon (4) 17 Adorn (8) 20 Advantageous, encouraging (10) 23 Walking pole (5) 24 Hypothetical or imaginary (8) 25 Seat (5)

DOWN

1 Schedule (6) 2 Rain heavily (4) 3 Indonesian island (4) 4 Make sense (3,2) 5 Casual (remark) (9) 6 Population count (6) 9 Male voice (5) 11 Make worse (9) 13 Tennis term (3) 15 Works hard (5) 16 Reimburse (6) 18 Newspaper boss (6) 19 Member of a court’s panel (5) 21 Unfortunately (4) 22 Engrave (4)