CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS 1 Dense (5) 7 Shell fragments (8) 8 Proportion (5) 10 Tinned food item (5,5) 12 Roomy (8) 14 Fastener (4) 16 Cease, halt (4) 17 Dealer in gems (8) 20 Ominous or fateful (10) 23 Tattered fragment (5) 24 Approximate calculation (8) 25 Parlance (5) DOWN 1 Conservatives (6) 2 Cot (4) 3 Footwear item (4) 4 Brazilian dance (5) 5 Childishly immature (9) 6 Shut (6) 9 Fertile spot (5) 11 Preferred above all others (9) 13 Employ (3) 15 Planet (5) 16 Late meal (6) 18 Haphazard (6) 19 Short steel crowbar (5) 21 Toddlers (4) 22 Garden hut (4)