ALAN LEE’SCRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO.005

Across

1 Bird and a bit of fruit in dirt

( 8,4) 9 Part of horses neck shrinks

( 7) 10 Bolger production included first

baby turkey ( 7) 11 Historic text from a long time

ago ( 5) 12 Preparing to wash part of a woodworking machine ( 9) 13 Dishes hold article used for

tasting ( 7) 15 Extinguish all illumination

please ( 7) 16 Be a toff, somehow strange

( 7) 19 Shake head. Is turban

incomplete? ( 7) 21 Slow drawer suffers. Losing last time in big shootouts ( 5,4) 22 Graduate’s note registered

lower ( 5) 23 Speaking of cat’s sensory organs in praise ( 7) 24 Fights a very loud increase, say

( 7) 25 Birds sold eel an egg.

Outrageous! ( 6,6)

Down

2 Thin mixture in every little

creature’s home ( 3,4) 3 Fear of doctor elicited first

commercial ( 5) 4 Audibly moves paper as he takes

stock ( 7) 5 Invalidated one gate, departed

briefly ( 7) 6 They are often lost after going up in bad weather ( 9) 7 Leader takes poorly to fox

hunting ( 7) 8 Flyers rejoin first brigade

( 7,5) 9 Scourge miserable deed by bird

( 12) 14 Take time to study grinder or

boring machine ( 9) 17 Part of race for lung transplant

( 7) 18 We hear easy part is getting up to circus bar ( 7) 19 Seaside resort complaint

( 7) 20 Gets up a recipe to steal

thunder ( 7) 22 Leave when brief month is up and cause confusion ( 5)