CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1.

Echo peaked and rings in the light at the end of the tunnel (4)

3 & 9ac. The old currency took a dive, then it became clear why (3,5,7)

10. Took odd looking gin back to the bar (5)

11. It’s the lowest point of a Carolina dirt road (5)

12. Find and greet Ms Winslet reportedly (6)

14. Bullish ant you may find in the shack (6)

16. Wearily walk around rug, Ted (6)

18. It was the first of sausages as large as my imagination (6)

19. Found Igor Kinyenski in the Russian city (5)

22. He was a Disney, dear, by the sound of it (5)

23. The look of a suspended canine? (7)

24. . . . and all things Roman . . . (2,6)

25. Genuine and accurately shaped (4)

Down 1.

Pursuit of pleasure is his demon (8)

2. Just above the surface and majestic (5)

4. Bull-headed, Abel leaves and the remainder reassemble to crowd closely around (6)

5. While the king’s away this one will play (6,6)

6. Unfortunately, aged ten, was ruled out (7)

7. “Popeye” Timperley has the worst snowman on the block? (4)

8. An extraordinary ritual pit, sis, or just a medium? (12)

13. The small cake is made from gum, Ernie (8)

15. A cinema becomes listless (7)

17. Turn whiter and shrivel (6)

20. An addition to the saddle? (5)

21. Can Casandra blend in? (4)