COMPACT CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Remain firm (6) 4 Bath _, biscuit (6) 9 Whale fat (7) 10 Twirl (5) 11 Unsheltered (5) 12 Giddiness (7) 13 Pets (4,3,4) 18 Having no chance (3,2,2) 20 Beg (5) 22 Pasta (5) 23 Placed on one side (7) 24 Produced again (6) 25 Completely exhausted (4,2)

DOWN 1 Drink alcohol (6) 2 Home (5) 3 Reproves (7) 5 Subsequently (5) 6 Speaking (7) 7 Allotment (6) 8 Exam taken in a car (7,4) 14 Word of opposite meaning (7) 15 Snicked (anag) (7) 16 Policeman (6) 17 Satirise (4,2) 19 Grassland (5) 21 Psalmist (5)