CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1. Polyps can be mushy (6) 4. Scales with a hundred members (6)

9. Water program (7)

10. Ogres are a scratchy subject (5) 11. Guardsman has no guns. It’s a bit of a catastrophe (5)

12. Variation of one account’s point of view (7)

13. Plates and drinking vessels are a hit at the rave (5,6)

18. Disbanded the bandage factory? (5,2)

20. Angelina is not a gal? That is silly! (5)

22. Seas that could have a shocking result (5)

23. A bit of soap? (7) 24. Register the neon advertisement is going (4,2)

25. The best teams, we hear, are for the audience (6)

Down

1. Self-conceited, so Clifton left the society (6)

2. Nebraskan city beach (5)

3. Sir William and the worker flag (7)

5. A beer of normal age really (5) 6. Extra precipitation it’s heard for glacier remains (7)

7. Flocks of geese produce wool (6) 8. Its operator has a hand in what it does (5,6)

14. A meditation can be funny (7) 15. Six lire will get you some tonics (7)

16. Inundates in the wetlands (6)

17. Israeli and Spanish man get a shilling for the gems (6)

19. Dance run by the princess’ company (5)

21. Can be heard and permitted so to speak (5)