CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Carelessly shun O.D., like one Cinderella legend (6)

4. Cry little sister. We heard about your dilemma (6)

9. Sounds like it could cause a flat tyre or a flat wallet (4,3)

10. Two pounds on a short day gets you a fancy edging (5)

11. I bail out being elsewhere (5)

12. Army and Air Force men get iron for this animal (7)

13. Blunt? Hankie was not even considered (11)

18. They are not the best teams we hear, anyway (7)

20. In it’s entirety or a bit scruffy (5)

22. Should have, we heard, but this could mean anything (5)

23. Can’t be famous (7)

24. Old haymaking death symbol (6)

25. Put this animal in leo cot? (6)

Down

1. Lauren does seem quite unbelievable (6)

2. First half of Lamb Chop’s sock (5)

3. Buy tickets or chits for big bird (7)

5. Hand over to, which ever way you look at it (5)

6. Adept runner left almost replete (7)

7. Morose in consul, Len, isn’t it? (6)

8. Onyx egg is in, for “O” charging (11)

14. The bunch of bloomers is gone,say (7)

15. Colour almost gets the OK for these water creature types (7)

16. About turn vessels from the fatherland (1-5)

17. Tea with trees about, but not in avenue (6)

19. Throw out of the trench (5)

21. Computer, (or binary object) language, initially (5)