CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

7. If you go to Osaka via Ryukyu you will pass a bird sanctuary (6)

8. To take someone out till now (2,4)

10. Emu a car knocked over created the second half of a silent act (7)

11. Presume mine was large inside (5)

12. Cast vote on branch trim (4)

13. The impertinent meal additive (5)

17. Strips the huts (5)

18. The girl gets a ring for the brave man (4)

22. Communistic but counts out copycats (5)

23. Intrude, perhaps, but no test run (7)

24. A well braced farm building? (6)

25. Give a sharp reply when you catch up to the group (6)

Down

1. Preparations for exercise like rubbing your hands together (4,3)

2. Lawless confusion when you draw a straight line crooked? (7)

3. Had a sticky beak with selfrespect so to speak (5)

4. A dense agreement (7)

5. Reportedly the dog’s feet will have a rest (5)

6. Heavy newt is in it’s heartless heyday (5)

9. Chop down the tree and make an escape (3,3,3)

14. Throw the Frenchman – what a giggle! (7)

15. Neil Cox may use one to find the answer (7)

16. No cover for overcrowding – it is all in the way it is expressed (7)

19. Mother gets the donkey around to add to the collection (5)

20. Shows me a rough but hidden smudge (5)

21. It is the alternative around the remainder (5)