CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Significance (10) 8 Panther (7) 9 Forbidden in polite society (5) 10 At the summit (4) 11 Just, unbiased (4) 12 Stick or shaft (3) 14 Crowd actors (6) 15 Begin again (6) 18 Sopping (3) 20 Percussion instrument (4) 21 Mix with a spoon (4) 23 Shinbone (5) 24 Picture mentally (7) 25 In direct competition (4-2-4)

DOWN

1 Put right or smooth over (4,3) 2 Perambulator (4) 3 Provocation (3,3) 4 American lawyer (8) 5 Highland games log (5) 6 Happy because of (7,4) 7 Unkind (4-7) 13 Criminal underworld (8) 16 Untested (7) 17 Rainbow colour (6) 19 Furniture item (5) 22 Masculine (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror