COMPACT CROSSWORD ONE

ACROSS

1 Soft, wet ground (6) 4 Disregard (6) 9Wardoff(5) 10 French city (7) 11 Transgression (3) 12 Irritating (9) 13 Rebuked (11) 18 Disparaged (9) 21 Metal (3) 22 A little ring (7) 23 Strained (5) 24 Removes faults (from) (6) 25 A source of danger (6)

DOWN

1 Self-effacing (6) 2 Entourage (7) 3 Cancel (coll) (5) 5 An old treasure ship (7) 6 Animal akin to the giraffe (5) 7 A standard (6) 8 Meditate (on) (11) 14 Disconcerted (7) 15 An understanding (7) 16 Wear down (6) 17 Install (6) 19 Move forward suddenly (5) 20 Get rid of (coll) (5)