CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Relieving without curing (10) 8 Obstacle on a motor-racing track (7) 9 Change (5) 10 Egg-shaped (4) 11 Fever (4) 12 Transgression (3) 14 Soak (6) 15 Horse’s home (6) 18 Signal agreement (3) 20 Podium (4) 21 Greenish-blue colour (4) 23 Male voice (5) 24 Means (7) 25 Downcast or disheartened (10)

DOWN

1 Confidential, secret (7) 2 Fibber (4) 3 Glacial period (3,3) 4 Parody (8) 5 Ballot choices (5) 6 As stated by (9,2) 7 Intoxication (11) 13 Boiled sweet (4,4) 16 Rifle attachment (7) 17 Sight (6) 19 Move in time to music (5) 22 Eyelid inflammation (4)